contents 1 Presidents Report 2 CEO Report 3 Partners and Sponsors 4 Who We are tri NZ BOARD | Tri NZ staff | key people 5 What we do Mission & Values | Strategic Direction | 6 facts & Stats Media REPORT | Popularity of the Sport | Communications report | PARTICIPATION 7 year in Review Contact Tri Series | Contact Duathlon CHAMPIONSHIPS | Contact TRIWOMAN SERIES | SECONDARY SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS | AGE GROUP REPORT | TRIATHLON WORLD CUP REPORT | HIGH PERFORMANCE REPORT | Coach rePORT | Technical REPORT | Youth REPORT 8 tributes and Milestones annual AWARDS | Race Results 9 2011 AGM MINUTES 10 financial Report heading// Presidents Report 2012 1 heading 2 Welcome to the Triathlon New Zealand annual report for 2011-2012. The report outlines what has been another very hectic yet successful year for our Tri NZ and the sport of triathlon generally. Our new CEO Craig Waugh has transitioned very effectively into the organisation and his team continues working extremely hard to meet the performance targets they have developed.
A comprehensive view of our High Performance At this point I want to acknowledge and thank Contact Programme has been undertaken and the resulting report for the exceptional ongoing support they provide as our and recommendations endorsed in full by the Board. Principal Partner.
The review was facilitated by independent consultants We are also very fortunate to have the support of a number working with a governance steering group that included of commercial partners in various forms and all of these are several members from outside our sport. A wide range acknowledged later in this report. of key stakeholders in the sport were consulted during the process and their collective comments and opinion provided crucial input to the review. Sport New Zealand (formerly SPARC) is also a key strategic partner for our sport and we are extremely grateful for the wide-ranging support, both financial and non-financial, we By the time this report goes to print, the London Olympics receive from the whole team at SNZ and HPSNZ. will have come and gone. Regardless of the outcome of the two races I can assure you that at the time of writing this, the six athletes selected to represent New Zealand, The Tri NZ Board has functioned very effectively this past their coaches and the Tri NZ Performance team lead by year. We are exceptionally fortunate to have a Board Greg Fraine have been doing absolutely everything to where every member is fully committed and available to ensure all six arrive in London in the best shape possible. contribute in any way they can to ensure the success of the organisation. I want to make particular mention of Board member Alan Pattle, who after six years of excellent Since our last report the highly successful 2011 ITU Barfoot service has decided not to seek re-election. Alan has been & Thompson World Cup event took place in Auckland’s a real asset on our Board and his wisdom and constructive CBD. This was the official test event for the 2012 ITU opinion will be sadly missed. World Triathlon Grand Final this coming Labour Weekend. Planning for the Grand Final weekend is progressing extremely well and the Tri NZ board is extremely grateful In closing I want thank the many hundreds of volunteers for the contribution of chairman Sir John Wells and WC who have coached, managed, officiated, marshalled or 2012 board members for their leadership and CEO Dave contributed to the sport of triathlon in any way at any level. Beeche and his team for their commitment and hard work The work that you do is the lifeblood of our sport and it’s going in to ensure the success of this event. what makes triathlon in New Zealand so special.
The 2011/12 Contact Tri Series showed strong growth in Garry Boon - President, Tri NZ participation numbers overall. A review of the series by Haidee Stratford and her event delivery team resulted in a number of exciting changes to the format of several events this coming seventh season of the Tri Series.
Presidents Report 2012 RYAN SISSONS Contact Tri Series Takapuna 2012
Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 2 Photo courtesy of Mike Heydon // CEO Report 2012
My first year at Tri NZ has certainly been a positive experience. It’s been a good year during which I have learnt plenty and we have managed to deliver some great results in some challenging times. In my initial four months I attempted to undertake 144 face to face introductions, I think I made it to around 120. I was motivated to meet as many stakeholders as possible in the early days of the job to listen and understand the landscape; there are a number of people I have missed and I will continue to step through it.
It is clear that triathlon in New Zealand is evolving quickly, We hosted the Barfoot & Thompson ITU Triathlon World some fantastic foundations have been laid in the past five Cup in November 2011. This saw great success where years for a sport that is still in its infancy. Many operational all KPI’s were exceeded. It was also a very important test processes and systems needed to be bedded down to event for the upcoming Barfoot & Thompson ITU World deliver the service required. However, the sport is now at Triathlon Grand Final in Auckland during October 2012. A a natural stage of evolution which requires Tri NZ to be large investment has been made in time and money so the positioned and comfortable to realise the opportunities in preparations are crucial. front of it. If we don’t, we will go backwards and as a result we have or will be instigating the following: The event will deliver some outstanding benefits for all • 2013 – 20 Strategic Plan review aspects of the sport, including our High Performance athletes, the profile of the sport and opening up pathways • 2013 – 20 High Performance Strategy for more people to take up the sport. This event, to take • 2013 – 18 Commercial Strategy place on Queen’s Wharf in the heart of Auckland City, will • 2013 – 18 Community Strategy be a significant event on the New Zealand international • 2013 – 18 Age Group review sporting calendar. • 2013 – 18 Club Strategy In March we were awarded Sport New Zealand Targeted All of the above initiatives are planned for completion by Community Sport status. This is a great opportunity for June 2013. It will require us to transform from a strong triathlon, but one that we must realise in a sustainable way. operational focus to a more dynamic market place driven Subsequently some operational changes have to be made organisation. Clearly this cannot be at the expense of the to realise this potential. operational foundations.
Our drive to grow participation is really gaining traction, Some points to note: the target as at June 2012 was 100,000 participants. It is pleasing to highlight that post a recent participation • The pillars of the 2008–13 strategic plan remain robust census, triathlon in the past 12 months has seen 115,079 and continue to set the scene for operation targets. The unique participants. This census was undertaken by 2011/12 Business Plan yet again focused on extending contacting all 2500 schools, clubs, event promoters, RST’s, the measurable goals for all our activities across and councils around the country. This gives us a belief that participation, performance, profile and pathways. In we are still one of New Zealand’s fastest growing sports. In the coming year, work on the evolution of the 2013-20 addition, it was witnessed throughout the recent summer Strategic Plan will take place. that many events sold out and waiting lists were initiated. Whilst this has happened in the past, it has only taken • Internally we have had some changes to better place at a small number of events and it was definitely operationalise the business plan for 2012/13. In wider spread last summer. A pleasing sign! particular community sport, events, age group and high performance.
There has been some solid progress achieving the • Tri NZ finances have been audited and reported as various Business and Strategic Plan goals. A highlight is exemplary. In a tough economic climate a small surplus the completion of Tri NZ’s first ever Independent High has been achieved. We have some exposure with Performance Review (2013-20). This review has been a our sponsorship portfolio where we need to ensure crucial piece of work to ensure that New Zealand is world we spread our risk. This can be achieved by some class for many years to come. alternative revenue opportunities that we are currently working through, specifically around technology, events
CEO Report and services. It must be said that we have fantastic • To our elite athletes, it has been a huge year in the sponsors (which is not just a political statement) they build-up to the London Olympics and whilst we did not truly are. Work has begun on a 2013–18 Commercial achieve our goals in London, we have seen some terrific Strategy which should help us diversify and realise results both here in New Zealand and around the world. numerous opportunities. Standards are clearly rising and the initiating of the 2020 HP review will require these standards to continue to • TRIBE and the Tri NZ brand is becoming more and more rise. We are confident that the Kiwi attitude along with ingrained in the New Zealand triathlon environment. some world class coaching and sports science will assist Free membership and an online community approach the elite athletes to reach their full potential. has proved to be a winner. The goal is to grow this membership not just in numbers, but in engagement • Clubs –The regional interface. As I write this we have 29 metrics also. affiliated clubs offering various services. It is heartening to see the passion that people have for the sport and • Tri NZ Events have performed exceptionally well, the time that they invest in their triathlon community. particularly the Contact Tri series. The growth in all This I am truly thankful for. facets bode well to ensure a healthy sustainable future. The TriWoman Series has had its difficulties with • Contact Energy – It has been five years now and they numbers, hence a decision made to reduce the number have proven to be a fantastic partner. The research of events. We are constantly looking at ways to ensure shows that the triathlon fraternity see great benefit the event portfolio is leading the market place. and alignment with having Contact as a Principal Partner. This would not have been achieved without • Sport development has encountered change. the professionalism of Craig Griffiths and his team at Technical now has a focused resource and fits under Contact. We hope they too see the value in triathlon and the Community and Events umbrella, while youth and look forward to an ongoing relationship. coaching are having a positive impact on the sport. There is intention with the implementation of the High • To all our other sponsors, trust funders and councils, Performance Review for this to be taken to another your ongoing support is greatly appreciated and we level. look forward to continuing a great partnership.
• Media ratings are down in free to air television; we are • Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ. Both entities working with broadcasters to look at other broadcast provide immense support to sport in New Zealand not consumption options. just financially but expertise also. Triathlon and sport in New Zealand would be in a poorer place without • The High Performance Programme has been a focus them. In the past 12 months at both the community and since Christmas, assisting the Olympic athletes to be the high performance level, they have truly added value to best that they can be in London. triathlon.
• To all the event promoters who work so hard to make Some acknowledgements from the the sport happen in so many regions – thank you! past year; • Lastly, to all of those who give it a crack, whether you are a serious age grouper or part time participant, I thank • The Tri NZ staff. A lot goes unnoticed but the effort you for engaging this sport and I hope to continually put in by each member of staff is appreciated. We are improve your experience from year to year. in an evolutionary time where expectations will increase and as a result staff will need to continue to adapt and evolve themselves. Craig Waugh - CEO, Tri NZ
• The Tri NZ Board, Patron and Life members and in particular Tri NZ President Garry Boon. This group of individuals has been outstanding, a true governance board where challenging questions have been asked in a balanced and rational way. They have removed themselves from executive duties and allowed the organisation to get on with it. I have appreciated the support they have all shown with some pretty significant issues that we have dealt with in the past year. The dynamic attitude and willingness to look at opportunities is heartening. I look forward to working with them in the future as we tackle some fantastic opportunities. Once again thank you for your time, it means a lot!
Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 4 heading// Partners and Sponsors 1 heading 2
Tri NZ would like to acknowledge and thank its sponsors and suppliers for the continued assistance and support provided over the past year. The immeasurable support these organisations all provide enables us to deliver the outcomes in our strategic plan from grass roots through to our elite athletes that represent New Zealand across the world. Without this ongoing support, Tri NZ would not be able to achieve its vision of triathlon fulfilling its participation potential.
Partners Official Suppliers
VitaSport, a product of Hansells. Vitasport, a replacement isotonic drink A partner since 2006, Suzuki is was found at all aid stations during Tri official supplier of vehicles to Tri NZ run events the past summer. NZ. Keep an eye out for the Suzuki Corner at Contact Tri Series and This longstanding partnership with Contact TriWoman events. Tri NZ has been instrumental in the development and growth of the sport. The range of programmes, support, advice and investment Encompassing four brands including define a true partnership and is Comfort, Econo lodge, Quality and nothing short of outstanding. A partner since 2006, House of Clarion, Choice Hotels have over 30 Travel is the provider for all our hotels around New Zealand. teams and elite athletes travel needs. Principal Partner
Adidas Eyewear pride themselves A partner since 2007, ASICS as the on setting the standard for the official footwear supplier for Tri performance eyewear needs of NZ. Their dedication to innovation the sport and feel it is a great way is supporting our athletes from to showcase their product while As Tri NZ’s principal partner Contact beginners to elites. supporting the growing sport of Energy is working closely with Tri triathlon in New Zealand. NZ to actively grow the sport of triathlon. Over the year in review the “whole of sport” partnership has seen participation in the Contact Tri Series grow by 15% - exceeding the In 2008, 2XU and Tri NZ entered expectations of both Tri NZ into a 3 year partnership, which has and Contact. seen all the New Zealand elite and SUBWAY® has been in New age group athletes wearing the Zealand since 1995 and in keeping Contact and Tri NZ’s partnership latest in 2XU technology garments. with our focus on fresh healthy food started back in 2006 and was In 2011 this was renewed. options we have always looked to recognised this year at the New align ourselves with successful and Zealand Sport and Recreation Sector healthy partners with triathlon being Awards winning the inaugural 2009 a natural fit. For more information, Commercial Partnership Award. visit www.subway.co.nz
A partner since 2009, Banana Boat (sunscreen) are a great fit for Tri NZ with the sport of triathlon taking place in mostly sunny hot conditions. Partners and Sponsors Foundation Partners Media Partners
With more than 20 years history of raising funds for organisations New Zealand-wide, Pub Charity TVNZ, namely One Sport, which Kiwis love their sport, and NZCT is a charitable trust committed broadcasts the Contact Tri TV as loves to help them enjoy and to supporting Kiwi communities well as the live production of the participate in their sporting through funds raised in gaming Takapuna leg of the Contact Tri passions. NZCT has supported Tri machines in hotels and taverns. Pub Series. NZ towards the administration of Charity have supported Tri NZ with the business and events since 1997. Events Infrastructure to help Tri NZ fulfil its participation ambitions.
Contact Tri Woman The Radio Sport station hosts the Every year the Southern Trust awards weekly Triathlon and Multisport funding to thousands of worthy Series Partners show. The show promotes Tri NZ organisations, enabling them to messages, events and athletes. meet unique needs. The Southern Tri NZ are grateful to the Official Trust has continued their support for Suppliers and the following partners Tri NZ this year through assisting the who helped make the Contact membership and Coaching functions. TriWoman Series a reality.
The official magazine partner of Tri NZ. Each issue brings extensive reading including race reports, training advice, inspirational articles, product features and a huge range of giveaways. The Lion Foundation is one of New Zealand’s oldest and most respected Charitable Trusts. In the past 23 years, the Lion Foundation has returned over $480 million back to the community, supporting thousands of good causes including Triathlon New Zealand. Lion has Sky Sport broadcast 67 repeat supported Tri NZ to enhance its episodes of Contact Tri TV marketing and events capabilities. In throughout the summer as well as 2010 The Lion Foundation mereged covering ITU race footage. wtih the Perry Foundation.
Youthtown gives young people opportunities for physical, social and creative experiences. In order to build self esteem and confidence, they provide specialised quality programmes and guidance in a supportive environment and have assisted Tri NZ in developing the youth talent of New Zealand.
Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 6 WHO WE ARE Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 8 // Board of Directors
Garry Boon Alan Pattle President As a Tri NZ board member since As a passionate competitor in the 2006, Alan has a genuine love for sport of triathlon at age group level the sport. Over the last 20 years he for more than 20 years, Garry has has been a competitor in local races also served on the Auckland City Tri and at age group world champs. Club committee for many years. He He believes triathlon is one of the works as a Project Management and most innovative and fastest growing Business Consultant in the building sports in the world and as a founding and facility management industries and has several years partner in a national consulting engineering business of experience at senior management level in the public with the same outlook, he brings some of those skills and sector. experience to Tri NZ.
Arthur Klap Christopher Boyle As a life member of the Wellington A member of the Manawatu Tri Tri Club, Arthur has a long history Club, Christopher is a business in the sport of triathlon. He has and management consultant to a organised more than 100 triathlon, number of New Zealand companies, duathlon and multisport events Chair of Sport Manawatu and a around the country including the Trustee of Manfield Park Trust. 1994 Triathlon World Championships He has worked in New Zealand, in Wellington and the 2003 Triathlon Australia, Asia and England in the World Championships in Queenstown. areas of service delivery, customer strategies, change management, leadership coaching, asset management and Paul Gunn risk management. Paul set out competing in triathlon in James Turner 1987 as a junior at secondary school and raced competitively until the James is an Education Consultant mid-90s across all distances including from Wellington, and was elected ironman. A bad back injury forced an onto the Board in 2011. He is a eight year hiatus before starting up regular age group competitor, having again in 2005. completed his first ever triathlon in January 2007 and has now been to three World Championships in the New Zealand age group team.
Who We Are // Staff
Craig Waugh Tim Brazier Chief Executive High Performance Accelerate Coach Craig took up the position of Tri NZ CEO in July 2011. He possesses a Tim is part of the coach accelerate broad base of skills with considerable programme. His primary role is to experience in both the sports and assist the high performance team the corporate sectors. He joined in delivering a world class training Tri NZ from Sovereign Assurance, environment, whilst developing his having worked previously in coaching abilities. Tim comes from a management with adidas and Repco. Craig is a marketing competitive swimming background and has been involved professional with approximately 20 years of experience. His coaching swimming for 10 years. well-rounded commercial experience has included General Management, Sports Marketing, Retail, Consumables and Financial Services. Rachel Brown Admin / Accounts Administrator Shanelle Barrett Rachel has an accounts background Technical Manager in the airline industry with both British Airways and Singapore Shanelle Barrett took up the position Airlines. More recently she has of Technical Manager in May 2012. been with real estate accounts Shanelle is hugely respected in the and management. Following her sport, both here in New Zealand and passion for sport and with a family globally for her work as a Technical increasingly involved in sport (including triathlon) she has Delegate with the ITU where she been at Tri NZ since October 2009. has officiated at the highest level and featured at the London Olympic Games. Her focus is on training and developing officials to ensure they receive Rob Creasy the necessary support in their roles in order that Tri NZ High Performance Sports can supply world class officials to local and international Physiologist events. Rob is Tri NZ’s High Performance Sports Physiologist. Rob provides Kate Blood accurate data and scientific Event Manager information to the athletes and Kate joined the Tri NZ team from coaches to allow them to maximise the UK in October 2010 and athlete performance. previously worked in London in the corporate events industry, delivering conferences and exhibitions across Europe. Together she and Haidee Stratford make up the events team and manage the Contact Tri and the Contact TriWoman Series. Taking on sporting events is a new and exciting challenge that Kate is thoroughly enjoying.
Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 10 // Staff continued
Andrew Dewhurst Lisa Greenaway Media Manager (contract) Finance Manager
Andrew is contracted through his With a passion for working in sport, company Gracie Productions Ltd to Lisa joined the team in June 2006. provide media services to Tri NZ. Her experience as accountant for Andrew attends all major Tri NZ Netball New Zealand equipped her events, ensuring that the sport is with the expertise to help Tri NZ covered in all forms of media the become a sustainable organisation. length and breadth of New Zealand. The systems and processes that Andrew has been appointed as an ITU Media Delegate she has put in place have aided in the capability of Tri NZ for the Oceania region seeing him assist in the delivery of to grow and increase the profile of triathlon within New World Cup and World Championship events. Zealand.
Carla Elswood Carl Jackson High Performance Administrator Commercial Director
Carla assists the High Performance As a former runner, Carl has team and comes from a solid represented New Zealand at two background in the NZ Travel World University Games and while Industry. She brings to the team her attending Western State College in experience in administration, team Colorado on an Athletics Scholarship management and travel related achieved All-American honours in jargon! several events. Carl has extensive Marketing and Brand Management experience with Siemens (Germany), New Zealand Post, Contact Energy, Greg Fraine American Express and Energizer NZ. National Coach
Greg is a former Commonwealth Mike Jones and Olympic Games representative Project Manager cyclist. He has since gone on to win various triathlon age group world Mike has taken up the position of championships and competed at Project Manager at Triathlon New the Hawaii Ironman. Greg began Zealand. He possesses a broad base competing in triathlon in 1979 and of skills with considerable experience has been involved with the High Performance Programme in both sports and business. He joins since its inception. Tri NZ from Maestros Consultancy, having worked previously in The freshness and the excitement of triathlon is what first recruitment with Select Education as CEO and owner. attracted him to the sport and people involved in triathlon Mike is a qualified and registered teacher with more than are what got him into coaching. Greg is a Level 1 coach in 15 years of experience in business management and Cycling and level 2 coach in triathlon. Greg’s key goal is to development. Mike loves to compete in half and full iron develop the talent in lower levels of the sport to become distance events and is looking forward to supporting the successful professional triathletes of the future. various projects at Triathlon New Zealand.
Who We Are Marlene Lucas Haidee Stratford High Performance Manager Operations Manager, Community & Events As an ex age group triathlete, Marlene competed in two World With past experience in London, Championships in Hawaii and where she worked for British Lausanne. With a passion for the Tennis as the National Competition sport she joined Tri NZ in at the Manager for Schools Tennis, Haidee end of 2005 as a High Performance is now responsible for the delivery Office Administrator. But her of the Contact Tri Series, Contact ambition to assist athletes achieve their best in the National Schools Triathlon Championships and Contact sport drove her upwards, and she was appointed High TriWoman Series. With a professional background in law, Performance Manager in 2009. Marlene’s goal remains Haidee is passionate about working in sport and is looking to create and maintain clear and open communications forward to delivering another high quality, fun-filled season between athletes, coaches and the high performance team in 2012/13. to allow them to focus on achieving their goals. John Whiting Brett Reid Communications Manager Coaching/Youth Manager John joined Tri NZ in October After three years as the High 2010 following five years as a Sport Performance Manager with Squash Producer for TVNZ online. With a New Zealand, Brett joined the team long list of achievements in sports in 2007 and brought with him a journalism, he has based much of his wealth of experience and knowledge career around high profile project within the sporting area. Brett’s work. The highlight of these being background includes six years of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games where he was New lecturing at the Waikato Institute of Technology in Sport Zealand’s youngest journalist on the ground in China. John Psychology, Peak Performance and Communication; as well is now focusing all his efforts into boosting the profile and as consulting in sports psychology for the New Zealand fan base of triathlon in New Zealand largely through online Academy of Sport from 1999-2008. mediums and the ever-changing world of social media.
Stephen Sheldrake Assistant National Coach Departures: Stephen Sheldrake is a former pro triathlete who competed at both Penny Skaife Olympic distance World Champs and Hawaii Ironman. His experience Claire Attwood as a professional athlete combined with 15 years of coaching makes him a valuable part of the High Performance team. Stephen started at Tri NZ in 2007 as the U19/U23 High Performance Manager and has since progressed to Assistant Coach where he aims to turn our most promising athletes into champions.
Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 12 KATE MCILROY Contact Tri Series Who We Are Wellington Photo courtesy of Mike Heydon // Key People
Peter Fitzsimmons OBE Tom Pryde Patron Honorary Solicitor
Patron of Triathlon New Zealand Tom Pryde, founding partner Peter Fitzsimmons a Life Member of Cruickshank Pryde Law Firm, of Tri NZ maintains a wide range of has been involved in the sport community and sporting interests. He of triathlon in New Zealand from is currently a Trustee of North Shore day one. Tom, along with others, Hospice, The Mount Maunganui was instrumental in bringing the Lifeguard Service Foundation, and 2003 World Championships to The New Zealand Triathlete Youth Trust and is a Justice Queenstown along with a raft of other International Events of the Peace and Rotarian. He has served as President of to New Zealand. Tom is a Life Member of Tri NZ. the Rotary Club of Auckland, Surfing NZ, Triathlon NZ, and Surf Lifesaving NZ and has been Chairman of North Harbour Stadium Trust. Peter was awarded a SPARC Life Members Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009 for his service to Surf Lifesaving, Triathlon and Surfing. Terry Sheldrake Bruce Chambers Professionally Peter provides independent director, trustee Tom Pryde and business advisory services to a range of companies Peter Fitzsimmons and organisations. Currently he is Chairman of Counties John Hellemans Power Limited, a Director of Workforce Development Limited and Triplejump Limited and Chairman of The Apprenticeship Training Trust. Peter is an Accredited Member and Fellow of the Institute of Directors NZ.
Commission and Advisory Group Members
Age Group Selection Commission Coaching Advisory Group High Performance Advisory Group
Dorothy McPhail Lynley Brown Greg Fraine Sean Phelps Barry Larsen Evelyn Williamson Claire Attwood George Hilgeholt Pete Pfitzinger Axel Reiser Mark Elliott Technical Advisory Group Silas Cullen Peter Bennetts Brett Reid Peter Weaver Paratriathlon Advisory Group Ross Capill Elite Selection Commission Ted Pearce Marguerite Christophers Shanelle Barrett Damian Pedreschi Shanelle Barrett Lynley Brown Rob Matthews Youth Advisory Group Barry Larsen
Axel Reiser Cam Durno Mark Cornaga Peter Ellis Rick Wells Rob Dallimore Sid Cumming Conor Jones (student)
Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 14 WHAT WE DO Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 16 // Mission, values & strategic direction
Triathlon New Zealand is the national governing body for the sports of triathlon, duathlon, aquathlon and off-road triathlon. Based in Newmarket, Auckland, Tri NZ is made up of a team of 17 staff and many passionate volunteers and supporters. We carry out activities and events on a nationwide basis.
Mission: To inspire Kiwis to participate in achieving more - together.
Values: Inspiring Success Together Our key messages are built around a single organising idea, Inspiring Success Together, and through this we hope to lower barriers and encourage more people into our Inspiring: We instill pride and a deep sense of sport. achievement and wellbeing by encouraging people to realise their true potential. What this means is that we will position Tri NZ around a simple, single idea in the market – with the ultimate Success: We stay ahead of the game through our passion outcome of fulfilling triathlon’s participation potential. to be better than before. We not only embrace success, we are a positive catalyst for it.
Together: We are dedicated to bringing people together. By encouraging participation in all that we do, we build enduring relationships and earn trust from our partners.
Strategic Direction
With strong...... these outcomes...... and positioning around...... then ultimately we will see...
Pathways People find it easy to get into the sport and are inspired to participate for life
profile triathlon Organisation More kiwis become Inspiring fulfil its Capability triathlon fans and success participation given the inspiration together potential to participate
performance We have world champion hero’s
What We Do BEVAN DOCHERTY Photo courtesy of Delly Carr
Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 18 FACTS AND STATS Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 20 // Media report & Popularity
It has once again been a busy and successful year in terms of media coverage for the sport of triathlon. As the sport has grown over the past five years, so too has the coverage and exposure at elite and grass roots level.
The Contact Tri Series continues to be a great source of NZ Triathlon and Multisport Magazine media coverage, controlled and generated by Tri NZ in support of its own national series of events. This includes Published six times a year, this magazine is the official great stories on the elite athletes but also coverage of magazine partner to Tri NZ and affords the NSO editorial ‘human interest’ and ‘inspirational’ angles. and advertising content each issue. Copy in this magazine Mainstream media now recognise this series and afford it includes a regular CEO column, event summaries, athlete good coverage. The National Sprint Champs in Kinloch, interviews and Coach of the Month – recognition for grass Standard Distance Champs in Wellington, Super Sprint roots coaching in the sport of triathlon. This magazine has at Takapuna and the ‘Doddsy Challenge’ in Wanaka a readership of 89,000 generated great coverage in national media, with all Contact Tri Series events getting good coverage in Contact Tri TV regional media as well. Tri NZ continues to utilise Media Monitoring Services On the back of great growth in 2011, the Contract Tri to track media coverage and compare month upon TV show took a backward step this year with a reduction month, year upon year. Those figures again reflect good in ratings, caused primarily by the end of TVNZ’s growth in the coverage of the sport and the breadth of compendium sports show, leaving Contact Tri TV isolated New Zealanders and events that receive coverage, from on a Sunday afternoon with no other sporting content suburban papers to national television news. Those figures around it. reflect a healthy 15% growth over the previous year. Numbers below for domestic content on TV1: November 2011 saw Auckland host the ITU World Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 Cup event, a dress rehearsal for the 2012 ITU Barfoot & Thompson World Triathlon Grand Final. This event 000’s 389 324 480 342 generated superb coverage and exposed the sport and leading athletes to both media and in turn the viewing public. This event stressed the importance of a marquee In addition to the numbers above, Contact Tri TV was event on the calendar on which to ‘hang our hat’ and broadcast on SKY TV, significantly boosting the profile and expose our heroes to the wider public, building their reach of the sport. profile, encouraging others into the sport and providing International coverage has also improved with SKY Sport a platform for commercial partners to leverage their committing to taking each one of the ITU World Triathlon involvement in the sport. Series races, with most shown live (some are delayed due Tri NZ also fosters the delivery of on message media and to clashes with other live sport). This is a great extension branding through media channels that we ‘control’. These of coverage for a New Zealand audience but has had include: one minor down side; the contract for live TV sees online watchers excluded from the live www.triathlon.org The Triathlon and Multisport Show on streaming of WTS events. Radio Sport. This show plays on Sport Lately, a show owned by Tri High Performance Review NZ Media Manager Gracie Productions Ltd. Each week There were challenges in 2011/12 in the shape of the it covers a range of topics in the sport of triathlon and HP Review and the delivery of that document and its the wider multisport community, with strong branding findings to the media and triathlon community. This project for commercial partners at no cost to Tri NZ. Hosted by was carefully managed throughout and is ongoing as former board member Mark Watson, the show is a rare the HP Review is implemented over the next year. This opportunity for the sport to be profiled on a regular basis work has been done successfully to this point with little outside of news related coverage. Ratings have gone up or no negative reaction to the review, its contents, its in the past year, and are expected to rise even further with recommendations and importantly the reasons why it was the addition of numerous FM frequencies for Radio Sport, commissioned in the first place. including the Auckland and Wellington markets. Andrew Dewhurst Media Manager
Facts and Stats Tri NZ media coverage as recorded by Media Monitors
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Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 22 // Communications Report
Triathlon New Zealand has made great inroads in the field of communications over the past year, with new and exciting platforms being embraced and utilised to ensure we stay at the cutting edge of technology and deliver an unbeatable experience to members, athletes and fans of the sport.
Progression of TRIBE
Having been implemented on November 1, 2010, Tri NZ’s free membership (TRIBE) has continued to gain great momentum. In less than two years, the all-inclusive triathlon community has transitioned from a membership base of 2,147 to a database of 10,134 as at June 30, 2012. Tri NZ continues to add value to TRIBE members through email communications including the latest news, event information and interesting stories. Members also gain access to prize giveaways and exclusive sponsor deals and promotions.
Communication Excellence award
In April 2012, Tri NZ won the 2012 Communication Excellence award at the New Zealand Sport and Recreation Awards dinner. The awards were a celebration of organisations and individuals who made outstanding contributions to sport and recreation during 2011. As one of three finalists alongside Sport Canterbury and New Zealand Rugby League, Tri NZ was judged the overall winner. Membership Feedback
The Tri NZ Annual Member Survey for 2011/12 was open to all TRIBE members and closed on July 31, 2012. Overall, 1,223 people completed the survey – 12.9% of all members at the time. The large sample pool revealed some encouraging results in questions relating to communications. Of all respondents, 99.2% found overall communications from Tri NZ to be satisfactory or higher Social Media (61.4% very good or excellent), 94.2% said the frequency of communications was good and 98.2% thought content One of Tri NZ’s most valuable communication outlets was at a satisfactory or higher level (44.5% very good or is certainly social media. A highly visible and engaging excellent). The survey also showed 35.4% of respondents presence on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube has allowed ‘liked’ Triathlon New Zealand on Facebook, and 6.7% were athletes, coaches and fans of the sport both in New followers on Twitter. Zealand and around the world to stay connected. We strive to remain dynamic and open minded to new technology and have recently created a Pinterest page, which is a social image sharing platform. Pinterest also has benefits John Whiting to Tri NZ in terms of helping search engine optimisation Communications Manager through meta tag data. With engaged membership bases on all platforms we not only provide an unbeatable experience, but are also able to significantly boost website traffic through strategically embedded links. Our social media strategy has also been regarded as one of the best in New Zealand among National Sport Organisations.
Facts and Stats // Participation Census
Research has recently been undertaken to accurately measure participation within the sport of triathlon in New Zealand from the ages of 5 to 79 years over the past 12 months. This will serve as a benchmark to compare with externally provided research data from Sport New Zealand.
In the review we wanted to understand all participation Opportunities that may arise from that falls under the national governing body, Triathlon New Zealand. Those sports include: Triathlon, Duathlon, the research; Aquathlon and Off Road Triathlon. Primary and Intermediate schools We focussed on the following participation areas: Work with primary and intermediate schools to offer all school triathlons pre and post Weetbix opportunities. Work • Participation at school (Primary / Intermediate / with RSD’s and school clusters to develop more triathlon, Secondary) organised events duathlon and aquathlon options. • Youth participation – organised events – e.g Weetbix • Participation – All organised events through event Secondary schools promoters Establish more events for schools to attend. Develop cluster opportunities to support NCEA aquathlon offering. • Participation – All organised events through triathlon Help secondary schools develop internal all school clubs triathlon, duathlon and aquathlon options.
Research highlights Triathlon clubs Work with triathlon clubs to create better links between Total participation highlighted: schools, RST’s and private event providers that lead to 160,891 individuals increased membership and event participants.
Total unique participation: Private event providers 115,079 Support and monitor events being offered by providers. Help improve participation at these events and help Overall response/completion: reduce costs to host these events with shared resources. 2007 or 81% Regional Sport Trusts (RST’s) Primary school students that participate in triathlon: Develop a closer relationship with RST’s to develop a 61,531 Kiwisport option based on an example like Tri Kids (Rick Wells) or Discover Tri/Tri School from Sport Manawatu. Secondary school students that participate in triathlon: Work with RSD’s to develop a strategy to engage schools 7,788 both primary and secondary.
Secondary school students doing NCEA, aquathlon: TRIBE 3,412 Develop a strategy to drive participation through the TRIBE portal or website. Number of triathlons offered by schools: 377 or 16% of schools Professional development & training Teachers, coaches and volunteers, build on existing Interest to offer a triathlon: programmes. Education gazette to access PE teachers and 316 or 17% Primary/Int, 52 or 12% of Secondary, 7 school triathlon coaches. Offer online opportunities via or 37% of RST’s TRIBE portal on the web. Holiday programmes and camps. Prospective new clients for Tri NZ: 375 or 16% Mike Jones Link with their local triathlon club: Project Manager 3% of total sample
Want to be added to TRIBE mailing list: 324 or 13%
Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 24 YEAR IN REVIEW Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 26 // Contact Tri Series
Desired Outcome: Increase participation and profile of Tri NZ Strategic Initiative: To promote participation in triathlon and drive the profile of the sport through the delivery of a high quality national series.
The 2011/12 season was a successful one in a number of ways. Bolstered by Kinloch and Wellington being selection races for the Auckland World Championships, the series saw an increase in participation with several races selling out.
There were a number of highlights to note; the Participant Experience introduction of the 1:2:1 event at Takapuna and Wanaka, meaning that all locations in the series now include a The overall participant experience was very positive 1:2:1 event providing a participation pathway within each (although short of our 80% target) with 76% of the event (this was also a factor in our increase in participation, people that completed the post event surveys rating their particularly at Wanaka); the introduction of the Future experience 8 out of 10 or higher. Across the series, 96% of Tri Stars Series, designed to make the 3:9:3 race more people said that they would do the event again. competitive for 11-13 year olds as well as a tool for talent identification, was also a success. Marketing Also introduced was the concept of Tri Tag Team racing to the series this season. Brought about by a need to include A number of different marketing channels were used to another event at Wellington due to the removal of the elite promote the series. A low budget for marketing means that Cup races for 2012, the race was seen as a successful trial. it continues to be important to search for the best value for The concept has growth potential and Teams racing will money when considering the marketing campaign. remain a part of the series in 2012/13 at Kinloch. The CTS website and the triathlon.org.nz website remain a very important marketing tool and 61% of entrants cite this Participation as the main way they hear about the series. The opportunity to participate in the series saw almost Contact Energy ran another highly successful leverage 3,900 participants take to the start line, over and above campaign, appearing on buses, motorway billboards, the target of 3,500 and up 13% on 2010/2011.Six of the magazine spreads and various websites. seven events in the series saw an increase in participation, Rotorua especially (39%), timed as a precursor to the Auckland World Cup race in November, and Kinloch (14%) Media and Wellington (12%) as World Championship selection races. Whangamata was the only event to see a decline in The CTS engaged with Jet Photography, Gracie numbers due to low 3:9:3 and Trophy teams participation. Productions and Sport Media in 2011/2012 to deliver its This slight drop in participation is potentially explained by media requirements. All three companies are extremely the poor weather experienced in the North Island over the professional and deliver a high quality product in their New Year. given area.
The gender split of participants in the CTS is relatively even All seven of the events aired on TV1 or TV3 news. All races with 57% men and 43% women with average ages of 33 continued to get good local and national print media and 30 respectively. Note that the average age is skewed however there is still a continued lack of coverage in the from the increase in 1:2:1 participants. NZ Herald.
Contact Tri TV continues to be a successful approach to showcase the series, with additional episodes being shown on Sky Sport.
It was fantastic! Really enjoyed taking part in (and watching) the tri tag relay - it was great fun and well organised! Thanks for all your hard work (Anonymous, CTS Wellington) Year in Review It was fantastic! Really enjoyed taking part in (and watching) the tri tag relay - it was great fun and well organised! Thanks for all your hard work (Anonymous, CTS Wellington) Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 28 Loved it! It was my first triathlon and enjoyed it greatly, definitely doing it again next year and I look forward to it! (Anonymous, CTS Wanaka)
Event Delivery Council Support: The 2011/2012 CTS delivery structure saw an Event Rotorua District Council Director (Haidee Stratford) who worked full time on the Christchurch City Council series and oversaw Tri NZ’s extensive event portfolio as well as an Event Manager (Kate Blood) who also worked on Taupo District Council the series in addition to managing the TriWoman Series. ATEED Triathlon New Zealand employed three experienced Wellington City Council competition managers to be responsible for planning and delivery of on-site logistics at each venue. Tri NZ would like to thank the following competition managers who did a fantastic job in the delivery of the 2011/2012 series - Phil Club Support: Briars (Rotorua, Whangamata, Christchurch, Takapuna and Tri Sport Taupo Wellington), Wayne Reardon (Kinloch) and Troy Campbell Challenge Wanaka (Wanaka).
The CTS is a Tri NZ Sanctioned series which means the involvement of the technical team and its volunteers is Services: critical to a well delivered event. Tri NZ would like to pay thanks to all technical volunteers who have volunteered Sports Timing New Zealand their time on the Series. Surf Lifesaving New Zealand Traffic Management New Zealand Thanks for Your Support Going Bananas Commentary Endless Fencing The CTS is a successful event series due to the continued NZ Traffic support of a number of groups. Tri NZ would like thank the St Johns following groups for their unyielding support: Wellington Free Ambulance Sponsors: Looking forward Contact Energy (Principal Sponsor) The 2012/13 season will stay at all seven of its 2011/12 2XU race venues with a couple of variations; CTS Rotorua will Suzuki be held in conjunction with the Rotorua Half and will take Asics place in December; Kinloch will expand to a two day event to include teams racing. Paratriathlon will again feature in Banana Boat the series as the discipline looks to develop towards a first House of Travel time appearance in Rio 2016. Adidas Eyewear Vitasport Choice Hotels Haidee Stratford Operations Manager, Community & Events
I think it is pretty close to perfect. I’d also like to pass on my thanks and appreciation to the organisers, TOs and all the volunteers. The support and encouragement we got while out on the course from these people really gives you a great buzz. (Anonymous, CTS Takapuna) Year in Review // Contact Duathlon Championships
Desired Outcome: Increase participation and profile of Duathlon Strategic Initiative: To promote participation in triathlon and drive the profile of the sport through the delivery of high quality national events
In August 2011, Taupo played host to the National Thanks for your support Duathlon Championships and the National Schools Duathlon Championships. The event also doubled as The Contact Duathlon Championships is a successful event the Oceania Standard Distance Championships for elite due to the continued support of a number of groups. competitors. The event was held at a new venue, the Tri NZ would like to thank the following groups for their Taupo MotorSport Park. unyielding support;
Participation Sponsors: The Event attracted 489 athletes across all of the events, Contact Energy (Principal Partner) almost double that had participated in 2010. The race 2XU was highlighted by Michael Poole (Auckland) and Melanie Burke (Auckland), who won the men’s and women’s elite Suzuki standard distance titles respectively. Asics Banana Boat Marketing House of Travel Adidas Eyewear The lack of marketing budget does not allow for much Vitasport promotion of the event. The event relies predominantly Choice Hotels on email communications to TRIBE members, schools and Contact Tri Series databases, website traffic and free event calendars. Council Support: Taupo District Council Media Coverage for the Contact Duathlon Championships came Services: by way of media release through Tri NZ Media Manager Andrew Dewhurst both before and after the event. Media Sports Timing New Zealand pick-up was well received in local print media. St Johns
Race delivery Haidee Stratford The 2011 Contact Duathlon Championship delivery Operations Manager, Community & Events structure saw an Event Manager (Haidee Stratford) with local competition manager Wayne Reardon taking responsibility for on-site logistics. Tri NZ would like to thank Wayne for organising a successful event, which was delivered to a high standard.
Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 30 // Contact Tri Woman Series
The 2012 Contact Tri Woman Series was delivered in 10 locations across New Zealand, the same as in 2011. While some events saw significant growth (Christchurch and Wellington), others saw a decrease in numbers on last season.
Participation Thanks for your support The number of women who took part in 2012 was 2,027; The series could not go ahead without the support of our this was 2.5% down on 2011’s numbers and did not meet sponsors. Thanks to our sponsors Contact Energy, 2XU, our target of 2,400. 46% (725 women) of those who took Banana Boat, Vitasport, Choice Hotels, Suzuki, Good part in an event were taking part in their first triathlon, Health Magazine, More FM and Adidas Eyewear. highlighting the importance of the Contact TriWoman Series as an introduction to our sport. Thanks also to those councils and Tri Clubs who support us and help make the TriWoman Series a success; Taranaki and Southland Tri Clubs, Sport Southland, Hamilton City Participant Experience Council, New Plymouth District Council, Christchurch City Council, Lower Hutt Council, Rotorua District Council, An important measure of the series’ success was Sport Manuwatu and Auckland Council. participant experience. 85% of people who completed the post event survey rated the event 8 out of 10 or higher. Tri NZ partnered with New Zealand Breast Cancer 98% of those said they would take part in the event again. Foundation across the Series in 2012. In return for promoting the charity and providing fundraising opportunities, they provided volunteer marshals at each Marketing and Media location. Our thanks go to them for their hard work and support. The series was promoted and marketed in a number of ways; direct marketing in the form of newsletters, flyers and event calendar magnets as well as local media articles Next Season and online marketing. The series’ Facebook page was a successful marketing and interaction tool for a second year. Contact Energy’s sponsorship came to an end at the completion of the 2012 season, meaning a new sponsor A highlight was the new website introduced for the 2012 will need to be sought for a potential Series in 2013. Tri NZ season, giving the series a fresher look and providing will endeavour to look at a more concentrated approach information in a much clearer format. in 2013; focussing on the delivery of fewer events with greater participation. Tri NZ’s relationship with NZBCF was Two new promotional concepts were introduced in the a successful one and the relationship will 2012 season; Trigirls and Tri IT Girls. The more successful of continue into next season. the two was the Tri IT Girl concept; over 150 applications were received and 10 women were selected to be the Tri IT Girl for their location, using Facebook and the website, they then regularly blogged their training progress. Trigirls Kate Blood attempted to attract a younger age group (11-18) to the Event Manager series by creating a specific area of the website and a separate logo. I absolutely LOVE this event and More FM and Good Health continued to promote the will be encouraging others to take part. series successfully. Thank you SO much for continuing to hold one in Race Delivery Hamilton - it makes it easier to encourage others into Each event was delivered by the Tri NZ Event Manager exercise and to give things a go that they wouldn’t Kate Blood with the support from Event Director Haidee Stratford and Epic Sports, with Mel Saltiel as the Competition Manager for each event. Maintaining normally and to achieve things they may the same team throughout the season gave the series consistency for the second year in a row. Tri NZ would like not have thought possible to thank Epic Sports for its work in the successful delivery Janet Williams, CTW Hamilton of the series.
Year in Review I absolutely LOVE this event and will be encouraging others to take part. Thank you SO much for continuing to hold one in Hamilton - it makes it easier to encourage others into exercise and to give things a go that they wouldn’t normally and to achieve things they may not have thought possible Janet Williams, CTW Hamilton // Secondary Schools Championships
The 2012 Contact National Schools Championships were held at Lake Karapiro, and for the first time the event also saw the addition of the National Schools Open Water Swimming Champs, which took place the day prior to the triathlon.
Race Delivery The 2012 Contact National Secondary Schools Championship was delivered by Tri NZ Event Director Haidee Stratford, supported by Event Manager Kate Blood, with local competition manager Errol Newlands taking responsibility for on-site logistics. Tri NZ would like to thank Errol for organising a successful event, which was delivered to a high standard.
Thanks for your support A number of groups provide the event with the continued support it needs to be successful and our special thanks goes to them:
Sponsors: Contact Energy (Principal Partner) Participation 2XU Suzuki The 2012 event saw 764 participants from 145 schools take Asics part in individual and teams racing, with an additional 184 Banana Boat participants in the Open Water Swim. All age groups were well represented, with the U16 and U14 age groups the House of Travel largest and St. Kentigern College (Auckland) the school Adidas Eyewear with the most competitors. Choice Hotels Vitasport Marketing As schools are on holiday from December to February Council: there is a very small window of opportunity to market the event. The main marketing channels are www.schoolstri. Waipa District Council co.nz, direct communication to sports co-ordinators, coaches, TRIBE, Contact Tri Series and through the New Zealand Secondary School Sports Council. Services: Sports Timing Media Traffic Management NZ St John The event was covered in the form of media releases from Tri NZ’s Media Manager Andrew Dewhurst. Media coverage SLSNZ was well picked up by local and national print and TV media, including a half hour episode of Contact Tri TV. Future For 2013, the event will move south to Christchurch where it will be hosted north of the city in Pegasus.
Kate Blood Event Manager
Year in Review // Age group report
The 2011/12 season was a busy one with National Championship and ITU events filling the calendar. Athletes performed to exceptional levels with excellent results being posted throughout the year. The focus for most centres is on the build up for the Barfoot & Thompson World Triathlon Grand Final in Auckland during October 2012.
National Championship Events The Triathlon New Zealand age group support team has been working to support athletes throughout the year with • Long Distance, Port of Tauranga Half a focus to making sure that all athletes have a positive • Duathlon, Contact Duathlon Taupo and rewarding experience. Plans for the next competition season include building new partnerships, communication • Sprint, Kinloch Contact Tri Series tools and improving the service experience offered to • Standard, Wellington Contact Tri Series athletes. • Winter Tri, NZ Winter Games Importantly, the Tri NZ team would like to thank the team • Aquathlon, Nelson managers for their tireless work and above and beyond support to their teams. This support is invaluable to the athletes and greatly appreciated by all competing. ITU Word Champ Events & Results A special mention and thank you for the selection commission who helped complete the difficult task of • Olympic Distance Triathlon World Championships, selection for the events this year and for next season. Beijing, China • Duathlon World Championships, Gijon, Spain • Long Distance Triathlon World Championships, Mike Jones Henerson, Las Vegas USA Project Manager • Long Distance Duathlon World Championships, Zofingen, Switzerland • Cross Tri World Championships, Alabama, USA
Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 34 // Barfoot & Thompson Auckland ITU Triathlon World Cup
Based on the feedback received from athletes, spectators and all stakeholders the Barfoot & Thompson ITU Triathlon World Cup 2011 was an outstanding success.
We successfully engaged the broader Auckland public who came out in numbers to watch an amazing international spectacle that showcased our stunning city. Participants and spectators enjoyed an electric atmosphere that left people buzzing for days.
We achieved or over-achieved all the goals we set for this event – the highlights included:
• 34 nations competed in the elite race with two gold medals for the Kiwis - Andrea Hewitt and Kris Gemmell taking it out in front of an ecstatic local crowd. Barfoot & Thompson World Triathlon • 1,100 age group athletes competed, with 50% of them coming from outside Auckland, and 97% of them rated Grand Final Auckland 2012 the event as 4/5 or better in terms of their overall event With the successful delivery of the 2011 event we now look experience. forward to hosting the most significant event on the global • Spectator audience of between 20,000 and 30,000, triathlon calendar. The 10 day festival of triathlon runs with 92% of them rating their overall event experience from October 14 to 23 and will include participation and as a 4/5 or higher. spectating opportunities for all. As at the time of writing all • 5 hours of live TV coverage on TV One with an average planning is on track, the key milestones reached as at July audience of 90,000 and the radio sport live broadcast 2012: listened to by 40,000. • The event schedule, courses, and wharf layout are • We achieved a slightly better financial outcome than all locked in and approved by the ITU and all local budgeted. agencies. • The venue and courses proved themselves as world • The international and domestic marketing programme class and will be an outstanding showpiece for has been rolling out and the age group entry numbers Auckland, NZ, and the sport in 2012. are looking very positive with targets likely to be exceeded. The event was delivered by a separate entity established and wholly owned by Tri NZ. The success of it can be • The athlete and spectator experience planning is on attributed to the incredible support and hard work of track with Auckland set to deliver something special for numerous organisations and people, including: all. • The team to deliver the event is in place and working • The hard work of the volunteer board which is made hard. up of Sir John Wells (Chairperson), Garry Boon, Arthur • We have secured a fantastic number of partners/ Klap, Hamish Carter, Shelley McMeeken, Rachael Dacy, sponsors to support the event and at this stage are on Tom Pryde and Craig Waugh. track financially. • The long hours and uncompromising dedication of the team that delivered the event including Terry Sheldrake So the stage is now set for hosting an outstanding World and Michelle Pepper. Champs and with a bit of luck with the weather this should • The financial and other support from our partners be an amazing spectacle for the sport, Auckland and including Barfoot & Thompson, Sanitarium and other New Zealand. sponsors, Auckland Tourism Event and Economic Development Agency, Ports of Auckland, Major Events NZ, Sport NZ, and Pub Charity. Dave Beeche • The front line agencies who make the event a reality Tri Auckland CEO including Auckland Transport, NZ Police, Waterfront Auckland, and all operational arms of Auckland Council. • All the athletes and spectators that supported the event. • The two people who were the genesis if the idea for this event in the first place – Peter Fitzsimmons and Terry Sheldrake.
Year in Review ANDREA HEWITT Barfoot & Thompson ITU Triathlon World Cup 2011
Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 36 Photo courtesy of Delly Carr // High performance report
Mission: To provide a high performance training and competition environment
Most training camps during the 2011/12 financial year • Provide realistic recommendations that will enable Tri were based around optimal preparation for the athletes NZ to achieve our performance goal of medals in 2016 attending the London Olympic Games 2012. Camps were through to 2020 onwards. provided internationally in Europe (Olympic preparation), Australia (pre world champs), and domestically in • Provide a document that can shape the 2013 – 2020 Christchurch (sports testing), Wanaka (altitude for Olympic HP ‘Strategic’ Plan and inform the 2013 – 2016 HP preparation), and Gisborne (development athletes). ‘Campaign’ Plan International competition was selected carefully to ensure we gained three Olympic spots per gender for the London • There will be significant change. High standards, greater Olympic Games 2012. Thank you to all coaches and accountability and a more structured programme that is athletes that made this possible, the amount of strategic athlete centric but Tri NZ driven. planning that is required to meet this goal is extensive and forever changing. Our athlete-centered programme • There will be greater focus on developing athletes to ensures Olympic athletes are financially supported no ensure there is a strong pathway of talent. matter where they decided to train. The National Coach spends the better part of five months each year overseas at We are and will continue to work from the document camps with athletes. The support team at camps includes a provided. Some of the changes required will be shaped mixture of the following people at selected times; Assistant once the High Performance Director is employed. Coach, Accelerate Coach, Mental Skills Consultant, Specialist run coach, Sport Science Physiologist, Tri NZ Lead Nutritionist, Tri NZ Lead Physiotherapist. Sport psychology/mental skills delivery to the elite Tri NZ Programme administration/leadership programme and financial support The 2012 season has focused on Olympic preparation. This has occurred with time in the several senior camps – With continued support from HPSNZ we have been able Wanaka, Sydney and Sete. Key fundamentals for Olympic to financially support our athletes with monthly living athletes and staff are and have been: allowances, meal allowances, camp accommodation and travel subsidies. 1. Stress management leading up to and in the Olympic environment. The High Performance elite selectors, Tri NZ Board and key coaches have been utilised to assist with the 2. Development of skills and strategies to ‘accept’ and implementation of our Olympic Selection Criteria and perform in the Olympic environment. ongoing strategic discussions for our programme. A huge thank you must go to our elite selectors who are a 3. Management of Games ‘wobbles:’ This specifically volunteer group and yet spent many, many hours ensuring relates to ensuring athletes maintain routines and have our Olympic selection ran smoothly. clear planning leading into their event.
4. Risk analysis and risk mitigation of Olympic lead-up and 2020 High Performance Review while in the village. It is normal practice for us to undergo a review of the 5. Clarity of roles and responsibilities of staff so that the entire High Performance Programme each Olympic best environment is created possible for the athletes. cycle. This was carried out by an independent consultant; O’Connor|Sinclair. The review was conducted over a seven 6. Support, planning and debrief post event. This may also month period. include transition support for athletes moving on from the sport. The purpose of this review was to determine: Furthermore, the sport psychology programme has • Whether the current HP structure/model and resources focused on ensuring support is maintained across the will realise the performance goal of medals in 2016 and larger squad. Specifically; ensuring the junior athletes 2020. are introduced to the concepts outlined in the Olympic Pathway document. • Identify the gaps and risks that exist in our current plan, programme, pathway and resources. What is required for Tri NZ to have a world class HP programme that will enable us to achieve our goals?
Year in Review Sport Science Support to HP 2) The athletes also were offered the opportunity to attend centralised domestic camp for the summer in Gisborne Programme with Assistant National Coach Stephen Sheldrake leading the camp. Support was also provided by other coaches, The HP athletes and coaches were supported by a and our mental conditioner provider. Skills included in this dedicated group of specialist providers (HPSNZ) who camp were open water swimming, transition training and coordinated the collection, analysis, and implementation key swim, bike and run sessions leading into the HUB cycle of various strategies to supplement athlete performance tour. and enhance coach support. The last months of 2011 and the early months of 2012 were spent determining and 3) Athletes (Mikayla, Nielsen, Bryce McMaster, Simone optimising the training plans and locations for potential Ackerman, Tom Davidson, Tony Dodds and Rebecca Olympic athletes. These plans were confirmed after the Kingsford) were selected and offered the opportunity to selection race in Sydney. attend the European base with multiple focuses of; A full athlete support document that covered all aspects • Developing in a managed environment, while for HP athletes competing overseas was prepared by HP participating in European Cup, French GP and German staff and lead providers. This plan has been implemented Bundesliga events. throughout the race season, including travel, preparation, recovery, and medical strategies to ensure athletes • Gaining an understanding of what it takes to handle the performed and recovered optimally for subsequent pressure of an Olympic campaign. training sessions and races. A group of five HP athletes have recorded their training and recovery on Training • Providing training partner assistance to the Olympic Peaks, which has allowed their coaches, sport scientist, and team members. lead physiologist to monitor and critique training and race performances more effectively. The HP Review has made a strong recommendation that this area needs to be a key strategy for the sustainability Information was collected at targeted international events of our international profile. This will drive much of our and sent to individual coaches, specialist coaches (e.g. presentation to High Performance Sport New Zealand swim coaches), and specialist providers (e.g. biomechanist, (HPSNZ). There has been an acknowledgement that there exercise physiologist, physiotherapist, statistician). The needs to be a partnered approach between Tri NZ and information has proved invaluable to critique, analyse, and HPSNZ to develop our future champions. The knowledge quantify performance deficits and understand how New we have gained through trialling strategies in the past four Zealand triathletes compare with the best athletes in the years will enable us to look forward to a positive future. world.
Tri NZ Development Programme We continue to develop the athletes in our development squads by immersion with our elite programme. While this has worked for some there is an acknowledgement that there needs to be a re- focus in this area.
Key achievement: The emergence of Mikayla Nielsen as a true future champion at the highest level.
There have been three key development projects during the past year;
1) Athletes this year were able to attend our sport science testing camp where a minimum of 10 sport science sport medical providers attended. The athletes and coaches gained expert advice, knowledge and opinions about their muscle balance system, nutrition, medical, run technique, strength condition, swim analysis, life coaching and sport psychology. This information gathering drove the IPP process for each of these athletes.
Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 38 Year in Review Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 40 // Coaching Report
Coach numbers continue to grow, as does the interest in coach development and accreditation. With Sport New Zealand separating community sport from high performance sport in 2012, it is hoped there will be a much greater focus on, and recognition of community coaches within national sports organisations and the wider community.
Good community coaching is a key factor in growing Community coaching and coach development continues participation and retaining people in sport, particularly in to evolve, both internationally and locally. This brings with the youth area. Good community coaches are also critical it a number of challenges if a sport is to remain relevant, in providing our future champions with the fundamental valuable and accessible to its coaches. In order to achieve skills, values and aspiration needed to win. this Tri NZ remains committed to recruiting, developing, retaining and recognising coaches. In short, sport needs good community coaches, and it’s important sport’s decision makers understand why and One group which helps ensure this happens is the Coach resource this business area appropriately. Advisory Group. Tri NZ thanks the following people for their time and expertise in this role over the past 12 The past 12 months have been notable for the following months: Lynley Brown, Barry Larsen, George Hilgeholt, activities and achievements in the Tri NZ community Axel Reiser, and Silas Cullen. coaching area:
1. The number of accredited coaches grew from 130 Brett Reid to 155 Coaching/Youth Manager
2. The number of Level 2 coaches grew from 26 to 38
3. 30 coaches registered on the Level 1 programme
4. The Level 1 programme was endorsed by ITU
5. 8 coaches registered on the Level 2 programme
6. Hawke’s Bay’s Tim Jardine became Tri NZ’s first Level 3 coach
7. The first Level 3 coach programme workshop was held
8. An accredited coach forum was held in Auckland
9. Bevan McKinnon received the 2011/12 Tri NZ Coach of the Year award
10. Tri NZ accredited coach profiles featured regularly in New Zealand Triathlon & Multisport magazine
11. Police vetting was introduced for all accredited coaches supporting triathletes aged 17 years and under
12. Annual continuing coach development (CCD) was made mandatory for coaches to retain their accreditation
Year in Review Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 42 // Technical report
The Technical Programme has now been up and running for six years at Triathlon New Zealand. Within this time we have seen a significant growth in the number of technical officials following and joining the NZ technical pathway and also the ITU technical official pathway. We have also seen the number of events involved in the Sanctioning and Endorsement programme increase significantly.
The 2011/12 season saw 20 events Sanctioned and 25 Tri NZ Technical Officials have been all over New Zealand events Endorsed which equates to just under 200 technical officiating as well as attending and receiving important official roles throughout the summer season that were role allocations on the international stage. Thank you to filled by our volunteer officials from around the country. the following officials who were at one or more national The presence of the technical officials at events is now triathlon events over the season: becoming a regular thing for our sport which is in turn ensuring that participants are receiving a high standard of Aaron Hobbs Ken O’Rourke event wherever they go to take part in our sport whether it Alasdair Slade Kevin Hunt is at an entry level or elite level of our sport. Andrew Dewhurst Kevin Symes The events that were Sanctioned for 2011/12 were: Andy Gray Kyle Davey Angela Campbell Lisa Shingleton • Contact Duathlon Champs Brendon Moore Marguerite Christophers • Winter Triathlon Brent Hussey Mark Campbell • Contact Tri Series - 7 events Bruce McLean Mel Saltiel • ITU Triathlon World Cup Bryan Dunphy Mel Warmerdam • Tinman Triathlon Cathi Davey Paul Burns • Taupo Half Ironman Claire Hannan Paul Mitchell • Port of Tauranga Half Ironman Claire Jennings Penny Skaife • Challenge Wanaka Clare Davey Pete Weaver • Tri NZ Aquathlon National Champs Clive Shingleton Philip Barlow • Wells New Plymouth Half Ironman David Plew Rob Wills • Auckland Secondary Schools Team Tag Tri Gail Hussey Ross Allen • Ironman New Zealand Geoff Martin Ross Capill • Auckland Secondary Schools Tri Champs Georgina Workman Samantha Hussey • Contact National Schools Triathlon Champs Glen Yule Shanelle Barrett Graeme McCarthy Ted Pearce Jane Loughnan Tom Gethin Jo Knight Tony Sangster Jo van Ekeren Tracey Mitchell John Whiting Trevor Birchall Juliet Fahey Verna Cook-Jackson Kellie Manning
Year in Review PM Scholarships continue to be significant to the growth In February ITU announced the 42 Technical Officials to of our officials and to help bridge the financial gaps for oversee and officiate the triathlon competition at the officials wanting to continue on the ITU Technical Official London Olympic Games. Juliet Fahey and Shanelle Barrett Pathway. Officiating is mostly self-funded so the PM were among the officials named in the team and will be Scholarships are important in this development. Officials assigned as Chief Penalty Box Official and Chief Swim who received a scholarship for 2012 were: Official respectively. This is a fantastic achievement and exciting to have NZ officials along side our elite athletes at Brent Hussey Kevin Symes such an event. Cathi Davey Marguerite Christophers Penny Skaife has been the driving force behind the Claire Hannan Penny Skaife program for the past two and a half years and has done a David Plew Peter Weaver fantastic job at guiding the officials in New Zealand and Gail Hussey Ross Capill also working her way through the pathway to gain NTO status. We wish her all the best for her future endeavours Georgina Workman Shanelle Barrett but we will know doubt see her at some events over Juliet Fahey Tony Sangster 2012/13 as we all know triathlon is an addictive sport no matter which area you are involved in! With our growing base of technical officials in New Zealand we are starting to see more and more of our officials attending international events to further their knowledge Shanelle Barrett and gain valuable event experience. We are also seeing an Technical Manager increase in the number of New Zealand technical officials receiving international technical delegate appointments. The knowledge that we have here in New Zealand is amazing and we are up there with the rest of the world with the number of accredited officials. The following technical delegate appointments were made by ITU for 2012:
• Geelong ITU Sprint Triathlon Premium Oceania Cup - Ross Capill • Devonport OTU Triathlon Oceania Championships - Juliet Fahey • Kinloch ITU Sprint Triathlon Oceania Cup - Shanelle Barrett • Sydney ITU World Triathlon - Juliet Fahey • Ishigaki ITU World Cup - Shanelle Barrett • Nanjing Youth Olympic Games 2014 - Shanelle Barrett
Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 44 //Y outh report
A key youth initiative introduced this year, thanks to the support of Youthtown, was the club-based Regional Youth Coaching Programme. This programme was designed to help support or kick-start skills-based coaching programmes for young triathletes. Tri NZ thanks the following clubs and their coaches for supporting this programme: Canterbury Tri Club, Dunedin Tri Club, Hawke’s Bay Multisport Club, North Harbour Tri Club, Pohutukawa Coast Endurance Sports Club, Southland Tri Club, Taranaki Tri Club, Tauranga Tri Club, Tri-Sport Taupo, and Wellington Tri Club. It is hoped that with the continued support of Youthtown this programme will grow in late 2012 and through into 2013.
Two Youth Academy athletes made the jump to the High Performance (HP) Programme in the past 12 months. Elise Salt and Sam Ward (both Auckland) achieved outstanding results last summer, which led to inclusion in the HP development squad. Congratulations to both triathletes, who won their respective Contact National Schools titles, and in particular to Scott Hotham for the coaching support he has provided to Elise.
And while on the subject of the Youth Academy, Tri NZ acknowledges the recently acquired support of SUBWAY®. Tri NZ is thrilled to have SUBWAY® as the Tri NZ National Youth Academy partner in 2012/13. As a ‘healthy’ brand, Tri NZ believes SUBWAY® is a great fit for the academy and is proud to be associated with them.
Lastly, it is important to acknowledge the support provided to Tri NZ by the Youth Advisory Group. The following people provide an important link into the youth triathlon community: Axel Reiser, Cam Durno, Conor Jones (student), Mark Cornaga, Peter Ellis, Rick Wells, Rob Dallimore, and Sid Cumming.
Brett Reid Coaching/Youth Manager
Year in Review Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 46 Photo courtesy of Mike Heydon TRI- BUTES AND MILE- STONES TRI- BUTES AND MILE- STONES
Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 48 // Annual awards 2011/12
Triathlon New Zealand acknowledged high achievers in a variety of aspects within the sport as part of the 2011/12 Annual Awards. These awards were given to those going above and beyond the call of duty in areas of coaching, clubs, technical officials and volunteers. The awards are deserved recognition for each of the winners but also recognise the great work carried out by the thousands of technical officials, volunteers, coaches, families and participants around New Zealand.
The Triathlon New Zealand 2011/12 Disabled Athlete Performance of the Year award winners were; Nick Ruane (Wellington) Wellington’s Nick Ruane won Disabled Club of the Year Athlete Performance of the Year for Wellington Triathlon Club his outstanding effort at the ITU Long Distance World Championships in Wellington Triathlon Club is one of Nevada, where he won the silver medal New Zealand’s premier triathlon clubs in the Tri3 category – New Zealand’s and continues to go from strength to strength with growth first ever medal in Paratriathlon at the in membership over the past year climbing to an all-time Long Distance World Champs. high of 245 members.
“The club doesn’t just focus on its own activities. It boasts Emerging Talent what must be one of the most active groups of Tri NZ Sam Ward (St. Kentigern College) technical officials in the country. As well as officiating at Emerging Talent winner Sam Ward had local and national events the club has six internationally an unprecedented number of votes qualified officials – four of which have officiated at come in, with huge support from his international events overseas,” one nomination read. teachers and peers at St. Kentigern College in Auckland. Coach of the Year Bevan McKinnon (Auckland) “Sam has been one of the school’s best triathlon captains ever and has won Coach of the Year Bevan McKinnon is every schools tri event he has entered this season (AKSS Tri a dedicated and motivational person, Champs, AKSS Aquathlon Champs, AKSS Tag Tri Champs, who is a credit to coaching here in New NZSS Tri Champs) and done so very convincingly. He is an Zealand. His ability to relate to people outstanding triathlete and equally outstanding ambassador allows him to impart his knowledge in for the sport. He also was second in the 16-19 Sprint age a way that is accessible to athletes of group race at Beijing in 2011,” one voter said. all abilities.
“Bevan is one of those people. He is highly respected Technical Official of the Year within the endurance sport community and his passion for Cathi Davey (Wellington) not only sport, but health and wellbeing, places him above Technical Official of the Year Cathi others in his field,” said one nominator. Davey is a major contributor to the Tri NZ Technical Programme. In the past World Champs Performance of the Year year she has officiated at nearly all of Andrea Hewitt (Christchurch) the Contact Tri Series races as well as Ironman NZ, often taking senior roles Andrea Hewitt won World Champs such as race referee. As a qualified Performance of the Year for her gold International Official, she has travelled medal performance at the ITU World to Sydney and Beijing to officiate. Championships Series Grand Final in Beijing. Outstanding Contribution to Triathlon in Schools Patrick Harvey (St. Kentigern College)
As the St. Kentigern College triathlon coach, Patrick Harvey has won Outstanding Contribution to Triathlon in Schools. The St. Kentigern triathlon programme has become one of the strongest among all schools in the country thanks in large part to Patrick’s tireless work.
Tributes and Milestones Melanie Burke celebrates her victory at the ITU Powerman Long Distance Duathlon World Champs in Zofingen, Switzerland Photographer: Raphael Galliker. Powerman Zofingen 2011. Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 50 // Race results
Port of Tauranga Half Ironman John Moriarty 55-59 2 Natalie Hardaker 30-34 1 7th January 12 Graeme MacDonald 55-59 3 Joanne Saxton 30-34 2 Robert Allemann 60-64 1 Tania Govan 30-34 3 Female Stu Witchell 60-64 2 Tristine Emery 35-39 1 Geoff Martin 60-64 3 Tanya Sharp 35-39 2 Name Age Group Placing Ray Hewlett 65-69 1 Rachael Penney 35-39 3 Ray Lichtwark 65-69 2 Rachel Hamill 40-44 1 Joanna Lawn Elite 1 Manfred Schmid 65-69 3 Kristine Reid 40-44 2 Hannah Lawrence Elite 2 Peter Ellis 70-74 1 Tammy Harvey 40-44 3 Tamsy Hayes Elite 3 Warren Hill 70-74 2 Marina Fowell 45-49 1 Nicola McKay 20-24 1 Laurence Wesley 75-79 1 Patricia McBreen 45-49 2 Nichole Gillespie 20-24 2 Neil Fleming 75-79 2 Lesley Doughty 45-49 3 Charlotte Pearson 20-24 3 Kerry Newton 50-54 1 Katie Menzies 25-29 1 Winter Games 2011 Pam Smith 50-54 2 Suzanne Landers 25-29 2 Winter Triathlon Helen O’Shaughnessy 50-54 3 Pamela Meyer 25-29 3 Beverley Henderson 55-59 1 Anna Ross 30-34 1 Female Helene Browne 55-59 2 Erin Furness 30-34 2 Mary Marshall 55-59 3 Natalie Gaskin 30-34 3 Name Country Placing Joy Baker 60-64 1 Hilary Wicks 35-39 1 Michele Chapman 60-64 2 Gigi Green 35-39 2 Justyna Kowalczyk POL 1 Sandra Kappely 60-64 3 Megan Arthur 35-39 3 Joanna Williams IRL 2 Ann Bould 65-69 1 Lyndy Wickham 40-44 1 Jess Simpson NZ 3 Sandra Boubee 40-44 2 Annika Hesse NZ 4 Suzie Clark 40-44 3 Emma Meyer NZ 5 Male Sue Mellsop 45-49 1 Karin Pehrson NZ 6 Claire Wakeling 45-49 2 Sharon Prutton NZ 7 Name Age Group Placing Jane Baldwin 45-49 3 Helen Seyb NZ 8 Jan Smeaton 50-54 1 Lydia Tan NZ 9 Kyle Smith 13-15 1 Sheryl Fife 50-54 2 Rachel Kennedy NZ 10 Liam Ward 13-15 2 Rose Cotterill 50-54 3 Andie Lowry NZ 11 James Wright 13-15 3 Debbie Clark 55-59 1 Jacqui Morgan NZ 12 Tayler Reid 16-17 1 Karen Williams 55-59 2 Anna Burtt NZ 13 Jonty Morreau 16-17 2 Sherry Majors 55-59 3 Kate Meyer NZ 14 Fynn Thompson 16-17 3 Heather Allison 60-64 1 Sam Morreau 18-19 1 Shirley Rolston 60-64 2 George McDonald 18-19 2 Male Ann Bondy 60-64 3 Sam Durrant 18-19 3 Tiare Lund 65-69 1 Kieran McPherson 20-24 1 Name Country Placing Will O’Connor 20-24 2 Daniel Smith 20-24 3 Male Andy Pohl NZ 1 Matt Harrop 25-29 1 Gavin Mason NZ 2 Euan Acket 25-29 2 Axel Reiser NZ 3 Name Age Group Placing Matt Lory 25-29 3 John-Paul Lilburne NZ 4 Rob Creasy 30-34 1 Cameron Brown Elite 1 Cameron Day NZ 5 Tony Buckingham 30-34 2 Callum Millward Elite 2 Allister Meffan NZ 6 Quentin Fogarty 30-34 3 Tim Berkel Elite 3 Lukas Fornes ARG 7 Stephen Sheldrake 35-39 1 Conor O’Sullivan 18-19 1 Andrew Walker 35-39 2 Jacob Pynenburg 18-19 2 Rob Dallimore 35-39 3 Daniel Begley 20-24 1 Sprint Kinloch Contact Tri Series Patrick Harvey 40-44 1 Tom Broderick 20-24 2 Sunday 5th Feb-12 Martin Ralph 40-44 2 Chris Dempsey 20-24 3 Jonathan Linyard 40-44 3 Josh Harrison 25-29 1 Female Shaun McSoriley 45-49 1 Scott McNab 25-29 2 Paul Cropp 45-49 2 Mark Watson 25-29 3 Name Age Group Placing Steve Wenzlick 45-49 3 Rob Creasy 30-34 1 Stephen Mealings 50-54 1 Kieran Daley 30-34 2 Jaimee Leader 13-15 1 Sophie Pulford 13-15 2 Alex Grigg 50-54 2 Quentin Fogarty 30-34 3 Johan Ackermann 50-54 3 Deano Gaskin 35-39 1 Elizabeth Stannard 13-15 3 Nicole Van der Kaay 16-17 1 Ian Christensen 55-59 1 Brendan Erskine 35-39 2 Brett Mudgway 55-59 2 Andrew Walker 35-39 3 Alana Lythe 16-17 2 Madelune Evans 16-17 3 Kevin Raven 55-59 3 Jamie Hunt 40-44 1 Shorty Clark 60-64 1 Peter Tuck 40-44 2 Ashleigh Williams 18-19 1 Dannielle Parkinson 18-19 2 Edward Smith 60-64 2 Jeff McGrath 40-44 3 Kim Munro 60-64 3 David Craig 45-49 1 Samantha Olley 18-19 3 Samantha Kingsford 20-24 1 John Skinnon 65-69 1 Grant Tuffery 45-49 2 Ronnie Smith 65-69 2 Nick Holcroft 45-49 3 Natasha Poole 20-24 2 Libby Morrison-Jones 20-24 3 Peter Elbourn 65-69 3 Glenn Wright 50-54 1 Michael Meekings 70-74 1 Ross Lockey 50-54 2 Emma Rathbone 25-29 1 Lydia Hale 25-29 2 John Gordon 70-74 2 Mark Burke 50-54 3 Neil Fleming 75-79 1 Cor Story 55-59 1 Annika Edmonson 25-29 3
Tributes and Milestones
Standard Wellington Contact Tri Series Gary Burgess 55-59 2 Robin Reid 35-39 2 Saturday 10th March-12 Niels Madsen 55-59 3 Damien Dau 35-39 3 Shorty Clark 60-64 1 Brad Pamp 40-44 1 Female Robert Allemann 60-64 2 Amaud Selukov 40-44 2 Michael Summerlee 60-64 3 Geff McGrath 40-44 3 Name Age Group Placing Murray O’Donnell 65-69 1 Mark Matthews 45-49 1 Ross Allen 65-69 2 Romano Burnhard 45-49 2 Ellie Heenan 18-19 1 Ian Shapcott 65-69 3 John Bursell 45-49 3 Helena Jackson 18-19 2 Brian Boyle 70-74 1 Stephen Farrell 50-54 1 Maddy Brunton 20-24 1 Michael Meekings 70-74 2 Graham Hill 50-54 2 India Kraal 20-24 2 John Gordon 70-74 3 Philip Morreau 50-54 3 Reubyn Bisschops 20-24 3 Gary Burgess 55-59 1 Katie Menzies 25-29 1 Brett Mudgway 55-59 2 Emma Rathbone 25-29 2 Ironman NZ Taupo, 3rd March-12 Graeme McDonald 55-59 3 Lydia Hale 25-29 3 Stu Witchell 60-64 1 Naomi Fergusson 30-34 1 Female Paul Berry 60-64 2 Anna Ross 30-34 2 Alan Fletcher 60-64 3 Natalie Gaskin 30-34 3 Ray Hewlett 65-69 1 Name Age Group Placing Kelley Toy 35-39 1 Les McGrath 65-69 2 Gail Harvey-Heyward 35-39 2 Meredith Kessler Elite 1 Yoshihito Munemusa 65-69 3 Margot Southgate 35-39 3 Kate Bevilaqua Elite 2 John Weber 70-74 1 Rachel Hamill 40-44 1 Joanna Lawn Elite 3 Tony Fantham 70-74 2 Kristine Reid 40-44 2 Hilary Wicks 35-39 1 Tony Jackson 70-74 3 Andrea Elvines 40-44 3 Susie Wood 35-39 2 Garth Barfoot 75-79 1 Sue Mellsop 45-49 1 Gigi Green 35-39 3 Takashi Shima 75-79 2 Leonie Kaywood 45-49 2 Larisa Marsh 25-29 1 Tanya Merchant 45-49 3 Anna Lorimer 25-29 2 Contact National Schools Triathlon Marilyn Morrison 50-54 1 Jennifer Davis 25-29 3 Julie Edwards 50-54 2 Grace Macpherson 18-24 1 Champs 2012 Jan Smeaton 50-54 3 Kirke Munch 18-24 2 Female Michele Allison 55-59 1 Penny Beyer 18-24 3 Linda Van Uden 55-59 2 Anna Ross 30-34 1 Karen Watson 55-59 3 Erin Furness 30-34 2 Name Age Group Placing Lynne Pattle 60-64 1 Helen Kay 30-34 3 Tahlia Pook Y7 1 Joy Baker 60-64 2 Penelope Holland 40-44 1 Emma Mcleay Y7 2 Julie Rooney 60-64 3 Kelly Edwards 40-44 2 Eden Bastiaanse Y7 3 Tiare Lund 65-69 1 Sandra Boubee 40-44 3 Arlia Schurr Y8 1 Julie Boshier 65-69 2 Ali Hollington 45-49 1 Gorgi Van Lienen Y8 2 Ann Bould 65-69 3 Robyn Gutry 45-49 2 Estafana Fowler Y8 3 Aimee Perret 45-49 3 Mikayla Harvey U14 1 Male Sue McMaster 50-54 1 Emma Daniels U14 2 Mary Mitchell 50-54 2 Ashlee Greenhalgh U14 3 Kate Gallaghan 50-54 3 Alana Lythe U16 1 Name Age Group Placing Nancy Cullen 55-59 1 Nicole Van Der Kaay U16 2 Macaulay Pye 16-17 1 Karen Williams 55-59 2 Jaimee Leader U16 3 Hayden Moorhouse 18-19 1 Jan-Maree Brown 55-59 3 Elise Salt U19 1 Ryan Helg 18-19 2 Lorene Smith 60-64 1 Steffie Holcroft U19 2 Damien Lardner 18-19 3 Shirley Rolston 60-64 2 Emily Pearce U19 3 Tom Francis 20-24 1 Beryl Wilson 60-64 3 Tiare Lund 65-69 1 Hamish Hammond 20-24 2 Male Jai Davies-Campbell 20-24 3 Karla McKinlay 65-69 2 Sam Kidd 25-29 1 Isy Kennedy 65-69 3 Todd Rowan 25-29 2 Name Age Group Placing Chris Rathbone 25-29 3 Male Saxon Morgan Y7 1 Rob Creasy 30-34 1 Adam Martin Y7 2 Daniel Plews 30-34 2 Samuel Thornbury Y7 3 Cam Durno 30-34 3 Name Age Group Placing Bradley Christison Y8 1 Shane Vincent 35-39 1 Marino Vanhoenacker Elite 1 Janus Staufenberg Y8 2 Andrew Young 35-39 1 Timothy Reid Elite 2 Theo Wright Y8 3 Nathan Smith 35-39 3 Cameron Brown Elite 3 Matthew Manning U14 1 Martin Ralph 40-44 1 Tony Edmonds 30-34 1 Daniel Hoy U14 2 Antony Gardiner 40-44 2 Ross Young 30-34 2 Alex Morreau U14 3 Jonathan Linyard 40-44 3 Brodie Madgwick 30-34 3 Jonty Morreau U16 1 Darragh Walshe 45-49 1 Anthony Rule 25-29 1 Tayler Reid U16 2 Rob Gemmell 45-49 2 Chris Sanson 25-29 2 Greg Moore U16 3 Murray Healey 45-49 3 Jacson Kluts 25-29 3 Sam Ward U19 1 Wayne Shackleton 50-54 1 Brad Wauer 18-24 1 Troy McAlister U19 2 Wayne Leighton 50-54 2 Takeshi Ishibashi 18-24 2 Thomas Mclaughlin U19 3 Stephen Mark 50-54 3 Sam Clark 18-24 3 Ian Christensen 55-59 1 Paul McKenzie 35-39 1
Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 52 // Race results continued
U19 New Zealand Sprint Distance 2012 Rhonda Turner 35-39 1 Nicole Van Der Kaay 16-17 1 Megan Arthur 35-39 2 Kiri Atkin 16-17 2 Female Gigi Green 35-39 3 Madisen Stanley 16-17 3 Susie Aviss 40-44 1 Odette Ackermann 20-24 1 Name Age Group Placing Charlotte Porter 40-44 2 Lydia Hale 25-29 1 Keren Gooding 40-44 3 Jody Laws 25-29 2 Mikayla Nielson U19 1 Bridget Ray 45-49 1 Kirsten Ramsay 30-34 1 Tamsyn Moana-veale U19 2 Leonie Kaywood 45-49 2 Simone Robbers 35-39 1 Maddie Dillion U19 3 Katherine Stannard 45-49 3 Liz Gilmore 35-39 2 Carolyn Smith 50-54 1 Rebecca Speirs 35-39 3 Male Marilyn Morrison 50-54 2 Rachel Hamill 40-44 1 Dot Larsen 50-54 3 Pogo Mcauley 40-44 2 Julie Wagner 55-59 1 Jane Heather-Sclater 40-44 3 Name Age Group Placing Brenda Fortune 55-59 2 Kath Atkin 45-49 1 Marcel Walkington U19 1 Chris Todd 55-59 3 Julia Cree 45-49 2 Sam Ward U19 2 Joy Baker 60-64 1 Almuth Waechter 45-49 3 Troy McAlister U19 3 Ann Bondy 60-64 2 Robyn Ackermann 50-54 1 Shirley Rolston 60-64 3 Wilhemina Wilkie-Smith 50-54 2 U19 New Zealand Sprint Distance 2012 Ann Bould 65-69 1 Maria Voigt 50-54 3 Judith Taylor 55-59 1 Female Male Margaret Johnston 55-59 2 Shirley Jean Rolston 60-64 1 Name Age Group Placing Hilary Hazell 60-64 2 Name Age Group Placing Tiare Lund 65-69 1 Elle Wintle Y7 1 Alicia Hoskin Y7 2 Michael Poole Elite 1 Abby Leader Y7 3 Ben McHale Elite 2 Male Mikayla Harvey Y8 1 William O’Connor Elite 3 Hammond Hamish U23 1 Aimee-Forbes Brown Y8 2 Name Age Group Placing Georgia Grenfell Y8 3 Sam Osborne U23 2 Sophie Pulford U14 1 Kieran McPherson 18-19 1 Harrison Dean Elite 1 Elizabeth Stannard U14 2 Hayden Moorhouse 18-19 2 Marco Van Der Stel Elite 2 Jaimee Leader U14 3 Aiden Dunster 18-19 3 Tom Curtis Elite 3 Alana Lythe U16 1 Thomas Boderick 20-24 1 Luke Kelly 13-15 1 Nicole Van Der Kaay U16 2 Sam Daley 25-29 1 Hayden Squance 13-15 2 Jessica Leary U16 3 Guy Dunscombe 25-29 2 Kaiori McGuinniety 16-17 1 Mikayla Nielsen U19 1 Luke Osborne 25-29 3 Tim Mudford 16-17 2 Maddie Dillion U19 2 Craig Torr 30-34 1 Francesco Cheruseo 16-17 3 Ashleigh Williams U19 3 Rob Dallimore 30-34 2 Joe Thornton 18-19 1 Cam Durno 30-34 3 Sam Durrant 18-19 2 Jeremy McKenzie 35-39 1 Donald Hilson 20-24 1 Male Deano Gaskin 35-39 2 Gus Shirley 35-39 1 Jarrod Newell 35-39 3 Leighton Hunt 35-39 2 Patrick Harvey 40-44 1 Matt Newberry 35-39 3 Name Age Group Placing Paul Gunn 40-44 2 Jonathan Linyard 40-44 1 Dylan MacDonald Y7 1 Grant Budd 40-44 3 Nic John 40-44 2 Lachlan Twyford Y7 2 Simon Phillips 45-49 1 Lyndon Chandler 40-44 3 Jason Bellm Y7 3 David Rush 45-49 2 Bill Blackmore 45-49 1 Matthew Manning Y8 1 Nick Holcroft 45-49 3 Adrian Butcher 45-49 2 Dan Hoy Y8 2 Ross Lockey 50-54 1 Nigel Muir 45-49 3 Connor Brown Y8 3 Brohn Torckler 50-54 2 Alex Grigg 50-54 1 Kyle Smith U14 1 Roger Spice 50-54 3 Johan Ackermann 50-54 2 Leo Roper U14 2 Ian Peach 55-59 1 Steve Malthus 50-54 3 Quinn Wallwork U14 3 Kevin Raven 55-59 2 John Hellemans 55-59 1 Kieran Coates U16 1 Ken Knott 55-59 3 Bill Revell 55-59 2 Jonty Morreau U16 2 Grant Smith 60-64 1 Malcolm Anderson 55-59 3 Mitchell Rutter U16 3 Brian Payne 60-64 2 Ben Van Dyke 60-64 1 Josh Kenyon U19 1 Paul Turner 60-64 3 Edward Smith 60-64 2 Sam Ward U19 2 Ray Docherty 65-69 1 Peter Gibbs 60-64 3 Thomas Mclaughlin U19 3 Roger Childs 65-69 2 Derek Eaton 70-74 1 Max Clark 65-69 3 U19 New Zealand Sprint Distance 2012 John Wood 70-74 1 ITUCross Triathlon World Championships Peter Ellis 70-74 2 Shelby County, Alabama USA, May 12 Female Michael Meekings 70-74 3 Female Name Age Group Placing Aquathlon National Championship Melanie Burke Elite 1 Nelson 2012 Name Age Group Placing Megan Blackett U23 1 Female Elizabeth Orchard 25-29 1 Amelia Rose Watkinson 20-24 1 Josie Sinclair 50-54 2 Mirjam Van Den Boom 20-24 2 Libby Morrison-Jones 20-24 3 Name Age Group Placing Anna Ross 25-29 1 Male Rachel Klamer Elite 1 Erin Furness 25-29 2 Maaike Caelers Elite 2 Sarah Beable 25-29 3 Flossie Van Dyke Elite 3 Name Age Group Placing Natalie Gaskin 30-34 1 Libby Malthus 13-15 1 Martin Ralph 40-44 2 Kim Hamer-Hurst 30-34 2 Louise Kelly 13-15 2 Anna Stevenson 30-34 3 Andi Butler 13-15 3
Tributes and Milestones KRIS GEMMELL Photo courtesy of Delly Carr
DEBBIE TANNER Contact Tri Series Takapuna
CAMERON BROWN Photo courtesy of Darryl Carey
JO LAWN Photo courtesy of Darryl Carey
Triathlon New Zealand 2012 Annual Report | 54 // 2011 AGM minutes Minutes of Triathlon New Zealand Incorporated Annual General Meeting
Date: 24 September 2011 Gunn, Juliet Fahey and Christopher • Sponsorship good consistent year Time: 10:20am Boyle were unable to attend the with some new sponsors AGM but thanked all Board members Location: Waipuna Hotel, Waipuna • Acknowledged the international Age for their great contribution over the Group success Road, Mt Wellington, Auckland last year. • Overall good financial year Present: Garry Boon, John Whiting, • Thanks to Dave Beeche, for his five Bruce Chambers, Peter Fitzsimmons, years as the Triathlon New Zealand • Acknowledged Peter Fitzsimmons Claire Attwood, Lisa Greenaway, Brett CEO, and acknowledged the support and mentoring over the past Reid, Craig Waugh, Etiene Johnson, outstanding job he did in building a 5 years, Garry Boon and the Board Dave Beeche, Rachel Brown, Terry strong organisation. Dave remains for great governance; Thanks to the Sheldrake, Tony Sangster, Tom Pryde, in the sport as the CEO of the Triathlon New Zealand Team, it’s Arthur Klap, Garth Barfoot, Topsy Local Organising Committee for been great working with you all Harrison, Ashleigh Wakefield, Alan the Triathlon World Cup 2011 and Craig Waugh Pattle, Marlene Lucas, Richard Attwood, Championships 2012. Jasmine Marshall Garry Boon welcomed Craig Waugh to • Acknowledge the recent results talk to his first three months in the CEO Apologies: Juliet Fahey, Carl Jackson, from the New Zealand elite ladies role. Haidee Stratford, Christopher Boyle, – Andrea, Kate and Mikayla. Also Stephen Sheldrake, Greg Fraine, Rob the great achievement of Melanie • Spending time meeting as many Creasy, Peter Ellis, Lynne Pattle, Josie Burke for her first place at the Long stakeholders as possible Sinclair, Rob Dallimore, Barry Larsen, Distance Duathlon World Champs in • Observed that the sport has a bunch Rick Wells, Lynley Brown, Richard Swan, Switzerland. of passionate individuals and the Carla Elswood, Tim Brazier, Kate Blood, importance of balancing passion with Penny Skaife, Stephen James, Mark business Cornaga, Graham Park, James Turner. CEO Report • Lucky to have the Team that we Moved: Garry Boon Dave Beeche have in the Triathlon New Zealand Seconded: Arthur Klap Dave Beeche was invited to speak by office, huge effort put in by them all. Carried Garry Boon as CEO for the first half of Acknowledged staff are stretched – Welcome: Garry Boon welcomed all the year. resource scarce in attendance and made a special Spoke to the Triathlon World • Thanks to the Triathlon New Zealand welcome to our Life Members present: Championships 2012: Board, they have shared great knowledge, and are stable and Bruce Chambers, Terry Sheldrake, Tom • All on track including, financials, sound. Pryde and Triathlon New Zealand’s past sponsorship, media/TV secured free and present CEO’s Dave Beeche and to air live coverage on TVNZ • Diverse stakeholders – HP, Events, Craig Waugh. The meeting was called Clubs, Governance to order at 10.20am • Promoted AG WC 2012 Auckland while in Beijing, received positive • Acknowledgment to SPARC – feedback from National Federations enjoying the working relationship Confirmation of Minutes on Age Group participation numbers • Sport in good position to realise of the 2011 AGM • Recognised support from Barfoot opportunity going forward and Thompson sponsorship, Major Matters Arising: None • Thanks to Dave Beeche for the last 5 Events New Zealand, SPARC and years of hard work Moved that minutes be accepted: ATEED Stephen James • Opportunities going forward • Question regarding the use of The Seconded: Peter Fitzsimmons • See the Role as evolution not Cloud for Age Group Transition revolution– tweaking – evolving - Carried – Answered by Dave Beeche that growing Age Group transition will be located President Report between the two wharfs as it is too Looking Forward: hard to get people on and off the • Actively working on for Legacy event Garry Boon wharf. The Cloud will be used for for Auckland post 2012 • Acknowledgement of the numerous Age Group registration etc. The • Olympics –impact on funding Age Group World Championship course can be viewed on the event podiums and commitment to the website. • Revenue resourcing – great job- stretched, keeping one step ahead sport by these athletes. Highlights from Triathlon New Zealand: • SPARC funding – Olympic success • Thanks to Contact Energy for their • Stepped down as CEO in March on-going support 2011 • Brett Reid – working on Secondary Schools/Youth • Acknowledgement of SPARC’s • Contact Tri Series had a great year – support in all areas of the regular growth • Clubs – look at this space depending organisation on resourcing • TRIBE continues to grow, building • Welcome to the board members the database is fundamental present Arthur Klap and Alan Pattle, due to other commitments Paul • TV show rated well – could be on Sky only in future!
2011 AGM Minutes Consideration of 2011 Appointment of Patron Acknowledgments Annual Report Garry Boon thanked Patron, Peter • Acknowledgement of the hard work Fitzsimmons for his continued of the Team at Triathlon New Zealand Moved that read and accepted commitment to Triathlon New Zealand. • John Hellemans – Life Member – no Moved: Bruce Chambers Moved that Peter Fitzsimmons is re- opportunity to officially recognise Seconded: Tom Pryde appointed as Triathlon New Zealand’s this achievement to date, but will Carried Patron for 2011/2012 organise this for the coming season Moved: Garry Boon • Acknowledgement of Dave Baldwin Consideration of Finance Seconded: Alan Pattle ex Contact CEO for his support of Triathlon New Zealand and wish him Report to June 2011 Carried all the best for his position on the Moved that read and accepted Contact Board Election of Officers Moved: Bruce Chambers Peter Fitzsimmons explained the format Fixing of Subscription of the Triathlon New Zealand Board and Seconded: Tony Sangster Moved: The Triathlon New Zealand announced the Part A and the Part B Membership Subscription Fee for the Carried appointments for 2011/12 2011/12 season remains at $0 for all Part A Members (elected) members (juniors and seniors, direct Constitution Changes Garry Boon and club members). Garry Boon spoke to the clause of the James Turner Moved: Terry Sheldrake Constitution to be amended, and the Part B Members (appointed) Seconded: Bruce Chambers rational for the amendment. Christopher Boyle Carried Moved that the Triathlon New Zealand President: Garry Boon Moved: The Club Affiliation Fee for Constitution changes are accepted. the 2011/12 season should remain at Vice President: Arthur Klap Moved: Garry Boon $100+gst. Seconded: Terry Sheldrake Moved: Garry Boon • Peter asked the Triathlon New Carried Seconded: Tony Sangster Zealand Board to consider amending the Triathlon New Carried Appointment of Auditor Zealand Constitution regarding the Garry Boon noted that Hayes Knight had confidentiality of the new board Fixing of Honoraria members until the announcement been our auditor for the past few years • None proposed and the board is likely to reappoint for at the Annual General Meeting, another year however this has not been including the President and Vice considered in any detail as yet. President roles. He suggested that General Business the amendment should allow the Moved that the board be authorised to results to be released to the Triathlon select and appoint the auditor as it sees New Zealand Board as soon as the • Peter Fitzsimmons thanked Garry fit. appointments are completed to Boon for his on-going commitment Moved: Garry Boon allow the Board to plan for a smooth to Triathlon New Zealand Seconded: Arthur Klap transition. Carried • Peter expressed his thanks to the Board Appointment’s Panel of Tom Meeting Closed Pryde and Paul Heron, and also to The President Garry Boon thanked all Appointment of Honorary Claire Attwood for the smooth Board those present for attending Solicitor Election/Appointment process. There being no further business the • Highlighted the lack of female meeting closed at:11.10am Garry Boon thanked Honorary Solicitor representation on the Board and Tom Pryde for his continued commitment that the Board need to address this to Triathlon New Zealand. Garry Boon moving forward. Moved that Tom Pryde is re-appointed President as Triathlon New Zealand’s Honorary Triathlon New Zealand Solicitor for 2011/2012 Moved: Garry Boon Seconded: Dave Beeche Carried
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Triathlon New Zealand Incorporated (Tri NZ) now Funding from Community Trusts and Sport NZ also incorporates the subsidiary entity Triathlon World Champs increased this year due to revenue received for TWC. 2012 Ltd (TWC). Parent company Tri NZ’s funding from Sport NZ decreased slightly due mostly to less funding for Capability TWC has been established as a special purpose subsidiary Enhancement and a reduction in PM Scholarships. Also, Tri company to deliver the Triathlon World Championship NZ’s revenue from Trust funding decreased due to overall events in Auckland in 2011 and 2012. This company demand on these funds exceeding the amount set aside exists to support the objectives of Tri NZ as set out in for distribution. the Constitution and Strategic Plan by organising and promoting events that raise the profile, and facilitate and Sport NZ and our Community Trusts remain an extremely encourage participation in the sport of Triathlon. valuable source of revenue to Tri NZ and we are very grateful for the continuing support we receive from these The accounts show an overall deficit of $212,314. This is organisations. due to a deficit in High Performance of $81,217, a surplus from Sport Services of $32,028 and a deficit from TWC of Looking ahead to the next financial year, the remainder of $163,125. our reserves for High Performance will be used to close out the 2012 Olympic campaign. The High Performance deficit was budgeted for the lead up to the London Olympics and these reserves were set- Although the current economic environment is challenging aside solely for this purpose. in regard to securing sustainable Sponsorship and Trust funding, our forecasting process is well established and the The TWC deficit results from a timing difference between team is managing our budgets tightly so we are in a sound when revenue is received and when expenses are incurred. financial position for the year ahead. TWC is budgeted to produce a surplus of $100k after the two events in 2011 and 2012. See Note 14 to the Financial Statements for the full budget. Lisa Greenaway – Finance Manager Total Sponsorship revenue increased as a result of sponsorship secured to support the TWC events. Parent company Tri NZ’s sponsorship decreased slightly. Tri NZ is extremely grateful for the relationships we enjoy with our Principal Partner Contact Energy and all our sponsors. These relationships enable us to continue growing participation in Triathlon through providing events and services for our members and stakeholders.
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Triathlon New Zealand Incorporated Statement of Financial Position as at 30 June 2012
Group Parent Group Parent $ $ $ $ 2012 2012 2011 2011 CURRENT ASSETS Notes Bank 4 1,945,307 887,355 2,071,015 974,873 Accounts Receivable 617,343 470,520 740,784 394,554 Consumables 0 0 34,087 34,087 Payments in Advance 348,663 188,663 182,163 179,900 GST Receivable 0 0 0 0 Total Current Assets 2,911,314 1,546,538 3,028,049 1,583,415
NON CURRENT ASSETS Plant and Equipment 5 214,917 75,629 118,029 118,029 Trademarks 6 2,503 2,503 2,651 2,651 Total Non Current Assets 217,420 78,132 120,680 120,680
TOTAL ASSETS 3,128,734 1,624,670 3,148,728 1,704,095
Financed by: CURRENT LIABILITIES Accounts Payable 364,029 339,523 398,773 390,013 GST Payable 83,656 28,159 201,177 26,558 Funds received in Advance 2,385,733 804,532 2,041,147 785,879 Total Current Liabilities 2,833,418 1,172,213 2,641,097 1,202,449
Members Equity 11 295,317 452,457 507,631 501,646
TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 3,128,734 1,624,670 3,148,728 1,704,095
Garry Boon Christopher Boyle President Board Member
24/8/2012 24/8/2012
Financial Report Triathlon New Zealand Incorporated Statement of Financial Performance for the year ended 30 June 2012
Group Parent Group Parent $ $ $ $ Notes 2012 2012 2011 2011 Revenue Sponsorship 2 2,365,259 1,063,100 1,151,600 1,091,600 Grants 3 2,843,454 2,565,873 2,978,246 2,725,746 Event Entry fees 500,978 376,652 316,066 316,066 Age Group World Champs Entry & 101,328 101,328 74,247 74,247 Admin fees Membership/Club fees 2,800 2,800 7,121 7,121 Endorsements/Sanctioning fees 27,950 27,950 18,473 18,473 Camps and Courses 11,200 11,200 7,755 7,755 Interest 82,872 54,927 61,229 58,540 Foreign Exchange Gain/(Loss) 2,278 0 6,595 8,873 Miscellaneous Revenue 69,030 26,067 25,646 25,646 6,007,149 4,229,897 4,646,978 4,334,068
Expenditure Administration 10 1,828,383 642,095 941,604 741,584 Amortisation and Depreciation 5 & 6 62,807 34,530 46,097 46,097 Loss on Sale of Assets/Disposals 8,017 8,017 2,296 2,296 Marketing and Events 1,859,809 1,133,997 1,184,370 1,077,464 High Performance 2,074,865 2,074,865 1,930,424 1,930,424 Member Services 200,921 200,921 156,231 156,231 Pathways (Coaching/Youth/Technical) 184,661 184,661 191,609 191,609 6,219,464 4,279,086 4,452,631 4,145,705
NET SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) (212,314) (49,189) 194,348 188,363
Triathlon New Zealand Incorporated Statement of Movements in Members Equity for the year ended 30 June 2012
Group Parent Group Parent $ $ $ $ 2012 2012 2011 2011 Members Equity at beginning of year 507,631 501,646 313,283 313,283 Net Surplus/(Deficit) for year (212,314) (49,189) 194,348 188,363
Members Equity at 295,317 452,457 507,631 501,646 end of year 11
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Triathlon New Zealand Incorporated Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2012
1. Statement Of Significant Accounting Policies d) ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
a) BASIS OF REPORTING Debtors are stated at their net realisable value. Debts considered uncollectable have been written off. Triathlon New Zealand Incorporated is registered under the No Provision for Doubtful Debts has been deemed Incorporated Societies Act 1908. The financial statements necessary in the 2012 year (2011: $Nil). have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice in New Zealand as defined by e) FIXED ASSETS AND DEPRECIATION Financial Reporting Standards and Statements of Standard Fixed Assets are shown at cost less accumulated Accounting Practice. depreciation. Fixed Assets have been written off over The Society is a qualifying entity in terms of the framework their estimated useful lives on diminishing value basis to for differential reporting by the fact that it has no calculate the depreciation charge for the period as follows: public accountability and the entity is not large. The Computer Equipment 48% entity has taken advantage of all differential reporting Office & Sundry 14 - 80% exemptions. Other 12% The financial statements comprise statements of the Vehicle 26 - 30% following: significant accounting policies, financial Event Assets 10 - 25% performance, movements in equity, financial position, as well as the notes to these statements. Given the conditions that exist at balance date the Board considers that no fixed assets have suffered permanent The financial statements are prepared on the basis of impairment during the year. historical cost. f) TRADEMARKS The financial statements for the “Parent” are for Triathlon New Zealand Incorporated as a separate legal entity. Trademarks represent the cost of registering the trademarks owned by the organisation. They are being The consolidated financial statements for the “Group” are amortised over the 20 year life of the trademark. the economic entity comprising Triathlon World Champs 2012 Ltd as its Subsidiary, as disclosed in Note 14. g) TAXATION Subsidiaries are all those entities over which the Group has The Group is a non-profit body for taxation purposes under the power to govern the financial and operating policies, section CW 46 of the Income Tax Act 2007 and as such no generally accompanying a shareholding of more than income taxation is payable on the net surplus for the year. one-half of the voting rights. The existence and effect of The Group is registered for GST and these accounts are potential voting rights that are currently exercisable or prepared on a GST exclusive basis except for Accounts convertible are considered when assessing whether the Receivable and Accounts Payable. Incorporated Society controls another entity. h) CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICIES Subsidiaries which form part of the Group are consolidated from the date on which control is transferred to the There have been no changes in accounting policies during Incorporated Society. They are de-consolidated from the the year. date that control ceases. i) FOREIGN CURRENCY b) BASIS OF CONSOLIDATION Transactions in foreign currencies are converted at the The consolidated financial statements includes the parent New Zealand rate of exchange ruling at the date of the and its subsidiary accounted for using the purchase transaction. method. All intercompany debts and transactions have The balance date foreign monetary assets and liabilities been eliminated on consolidation. are translated at the closing rate and exchange variations arising from these are included in the Statement of c) REVENUE RECOGNITION Financial Performance. Revenue from Subscriptions is recorded as revenue in the j) CONSUMABLES period it is received. Consumables are event related products that are supplied Revenue from Grants that are project specific is recognised to athletes on Race Day. They are valued at cost. when the conditions relating to that grant have been met. k) COMPARATIVES The revenue received from Sponsorship contracts is allocated over the the term of the contract. Where the Comparative figures in the financial statements relate to sponsorship relates to a specific event the revenue is financial year ended 30 June 2011. recognised when the event occurs. Revenue received in advance for a specified activity is held on the balance sheet as a liability until the income is earned and recognised in the Statement of Financial Performance.
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2. Sponsorship Group Parent Group Parent $ $ $ $ 2012 2012 2011 2011 In Kind Sponsorship 254,759 187,600 187,600 187,600 General Sponsorship 599,500 599,500 624,000 624,000 Duathlon Series 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 National Series 167,500 167,500 167,500 167,500 National Schools Triathlon 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 TriWoman Series 88,500 88,500 92,500 92,500 Triathlon World Championships 2012 Ltd 1,235,000 0 60,000 0 2,365,259 1,063,100 1,151,600 1,091,600
3. Grants
Group Parent Group Parent $ $ $ $ 2012 2012 2011 2011 a) SPORT NZ (formerly SPARC) High Performance 1,662,500 1,662,500 1,610,000 1,610,000 Athlete Performance Enhancing Grants 186,875 186,875 141,250 141,250 PM Scholarships 22,668 22,668 116,710 116,710 Capability 310,000 310,000 310,000 310,000 Capability Enhancement 5,000 5,000 60,000 60,000 Triathlon World Champs 2012 Ltd 70,000 0 115,000 0 2,257,043 2,187,043 2,352,960 2,237,960
b) TRUST FUNDING NZ Community Trust 125,000 125,000 150,000 150,000 Youthtown 65,880 65,880 90,000 90,000 Lion Foundation 100,000 100,000 140,000 140,000 The Southern Trust 10,000 10,000 25,000 25,000 Pub Charity 207,581 0 147,490 9,990 508,461 300,880 552,490 414,990
c) OTHER (including local Council support for events) 77,950 77,950 72,796 72,796 TOTAL GRANTS 2,843,454 2,565,873 2,978,246 2,725,746
4. Term Deposits
As at 30 June 2012, Triathlon New Zealand Incorporated held term deposits of $877,835 (2011:$841,623) and Triathlon World Champs 2012 Ltd held term deposits of $172,536 (2011:$165,000).
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5. Plant And Equipment Summary 6. Trademarks
Group 2012 Group & Parent 2012 Cost Depn Accum Book Cost Depn Accum Book Depn Value Depn Value $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ Computer 24,718 4,105 20,271 4,447 Trademarks 2,945 147 442 2,503 Equipment
Office & 209,772 27,525 148,058 61,714 Group & Parent 2011 Sundry Cost Depn Accum Book Other 7,475 897 3,289 4,186 Depn Value Vehicle 19,207 1,856 13,925 5,282 $ $ $ $ Event 167,565 28,277 28,277 139,288 Trademarks 2,945 147 295 2,650 Assets 428,737 62,660 213,820 214,917 7. Related Parties
Parent 2012 Triathlon New Zealand Incorporated has no related parties as at 30 June 2012. Cost Depn Accum Book Depn Value Triathlon New Zealand Incorporated had the following $ $ $ $ related parties as at 30 June 2011. Computer 24,718 4,105 20,271 4,447 Juliet Fahey - Board Member Equipment Juliet is a Level 2 ITU Accredited Official and as such officiates at some of our events. She receives petrol Office & 209,772 27,525 148,058 61,714 vouchers to cover some of her costs to attend these Sundry events. Juliet was awarded and paid a Prime Minister Scholarship $4,000. Other 7,475 897 3,289 4,186 Vehicle 19,207 1,856 13,925 5,282 8. Commitments Event 0 0 0 0 Assets Triathlon New Zealand Incorporated has no commitments to capital expenditure as at 30 June 2012 (2011:Nil). 261,172 34,383 185,543 75,629 Triathlon World Champs 2012 Ltd held a short term contract to purchase EUR150,000 at a value of $277,264 as Group & Parent 2011 at 30 June 2012 (2011:$554,472).
Cost Depn Accum Book Depn Value Group Parent Group Parent $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ Computer 26,666 3,281 17,750 8,916 Operating 2012 2012 2011 2011 Equipment Commitments Office & 221,331 37,068 129,559 91,772 Amounts due in future for operating lease payments are: Sundry Leasing Costs 149,546 124,120 39,277 39,277 Other 7,474 897 2,392 5,082 - Current Vehicle 38,331 4,703 26,072 12,259 Leasing Costs 279,656 264,908 19,917 19,917 293,802 45,949 175,773 118,029 - Term 429,202 389,028 59,194 59,194
Event Assets are those assets purchased specifically for the Operating Commitments include Office Rent, Computer running of the Triathlon World Champs 2012 Ltd. Leasing, Photocopier and Phone leases. The current and future ownership of these assets is determined by an Asset Transfer Agreement between Triathlon New Zealand Incorporated and Triathlon World 9. Contingent Liabilities Champs 2012 Ltd. Triathlon New Zealand Incorporated has no contingent liabilities as at 30 June 2012 (2011:Nil).
Financial Report 10. Administration Expenditure Triathlon World Champs 2012 Ltd has been established as a special purpose subsidary company to run the Triathlon Group Parent Group Parent World Championship events in Auckland. It exists to $ $ $ $ promote amateur sport and in particular to support the objects of Tri NZ as set out in the Tri NZ Rules by 2012 2012 2011 2011 organising and promoting events that raise the profile of, and facilitate and encourage participation in, the sport of Included in the Administration expenses for the year are: Triathlon. Audit fee 16,000 12,000 11,500 11,500 Consultancy 6,584 6,584 14,514 14,514 14. Triathlon World Champs 2012 Ltd (Hayes Knight) During the year ended 30 June 2012 Triathlon World Legal 15,951 7,310 72,523 13,461 Champs 2012 Ltd received income that relates to expenses expenses that will be expensed during the year ending 2013. Although the entity made a deficit during the year, the Leasing 149,546 124,120 120,900 120,900 entity is budgeted to make an overall surplus of $100k. Costs Achieving this budget is dependent on receipt of all budgeted grant funding, sponsorship and entry fees. The Fees paid to Hayes Knight are for assistance in the total budget for the event is as follows: preparation of the Annual Accounts, forecasting and general advice. Income $ 000 Sponsorship & Grants 3,881 11. Members Equity Event Entry Fees 1,391 Other 419 Group Parent Group Parent 5,691 $ $ $ $ Expenditure 2012 2012 2011 2011 Administration 2,747 Marketing and Event Expenses 2,844 Members Equity is made up as follows: 5,591 General Funds 241,999 241,999 209,971 209,971 High 210,458 210,458 291,675 291,675 Overall Surplus / (Deficit) $100 Performance Fund Notes: Triathlon (157,140) 0 5,985 0 · At year end 31 June 2012, Triathlon World Champs 2012 World Champs Ltd has $1,057,952 cash reserve, which will be used to 2012 Ltd fund the event. Total · Any surplus achieved from the event this will be Members transferred to the parent entity Triathlon New Zealand Equity 295,317 452,457 507,631 501,646 Incorporated. Should the entity make a deficit, then this deficit will be borne by the parent entity Triathlon New Zealand Incorporated. 12. In-Kind Sponsorship
The Group has received sponsorship during the year that 15. Going Concern includes the provision of goods and services at no cost. The group is dependent upon ongoing funding from a Some of these items are not included in sponsorship in variety of sources. Based on the best information available, the statement of financial performance as the value of the board is confident of continued funding from these the goods and services provided are difficult to measure sources at a sufficient level to allow Triathlon New Zealand reliably. These sponsors are listed in the annual report and Incorporated to continue operating at its current level. Triathlon New Zealand is grateful for the support of those sponsors.
13. Investment In Subsidiary
Percentage Percentage Balance Held Held Date Subsidiary 2012 2011 Triathlon World 100% 100% 30 June Champs 2012 Ltd
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